What matters to me: Jing Lusi, actor
• Who would attend your fantasy dinner party and what would you eat? Adele, Ricky Gervais, Paulo Coelho, Jackie Chan and Kate Moss. I do a pretty good beef Wellington and, as this is a fantasy, we would also indulge in the most sinful chocolate fudge cake.
• Whom did you last text and what was the message? I was arranging to visit my friend, who lives in the country.
• It’s not cool but... I can’t parallel park.
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Hide Ad• What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? There’s a proverb in Chinese, that loses its gleam in translation, but it means “move a tree, it dies; move a person, it lives”. My dad told me that a long time ago and it’s always stuck. We are all so afraid of change, but actually it brings out the best in us.
• What’s the worst job you ever had? Selling vacuum cleaners in people’s homes. I was permanently covered in dust and lugging around a machine that weighed more than me.
• Who is your favourite fictional character? She-Ra.
• What are you afraid of? Spiders and really big moths.
• Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it and why? None of my friends ever call me Jing. It’s always some variation – Jingle, Jing-a-Ling, or Jingle Bells.
• What situations make you lose your temper? Unreasonableness, ignorance, and parallel parking.
• If you could choose a profession to try, what would that be? Why? I’m quite obsessed with food, so I’d be a chef, food critic, restaurant owner or professional eater.
• What food or drink is always in your fridge? Soya or almond milk. Cow juice makes me gag.
• If you could change something about yourself, what would it be? To have more patience.
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Hide Ad• If you could travel in time, where would you go? To London, just before the Industrial Revolution. It would be amazing to see what life was like before everything changed forever.
• Saturday night or Sunday morning? Sunday morning, definitely.
• Who or what is the love of your life? My parents. Their support and wisdom have made me who I am today.