![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/paddy-mcguinness-reveals-the-constant-fear-that-sees-him-struggle-to-turn-down-jobs/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_SU2C-Dont-Look-Down.jpg&description=Paddy McGuinness reveals the reason for his strong work ethic alongside sharing how cancer has impacted his family ahead of hosting a new Channel 4 show in aid of Stand Up To Cancer Paddy McGuinness has said he will never turn down a TV job amid 'constant fear' that work might dry up. McGuinness, 50, is seen on TV on Top Gear, Question of Sport, I Can See Your Voice, Catchpoint and now will host new Channel 4 series Don't Look Down which is part of their Stand Up To Cancer campaign. He said: "When it comes to telly, it does feel like sometimes 'God he never stops working' but there are always gaps in between filming shows. But also I do think being working class, it's in you, you know? I left school at 16 and you just have that thing of that constant fear of 'If it stops, what do I do next?' Starring alongside childhood pal Peter Kay, the dad-of-three, 50, first appeared on our screens back in 2001 as Bolton-born bouncer Paddy O'Shea in the much-loved comedy, Phoenix Nights and its 2004 spin-off, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere. However, despite enjoying a stint in one of the nation's most beloved comedies, McGuinness revealed in 2021 that he earned more from a job in his local leisure centre than he did for his work on Phoenix Nights. "You know, you can't get anything decent in your twenties," McGuinness recalled when discussing young men feeling pressure to buy nice cars. "Well I couldn't anyhow working in a leisure centre and on Phoenix Nights. And I earned more money in the leisure centre back then." "I think that's in any job," Paddy continued last month when discussing his fear of work offers drying up. "You just constantly have that in your mind. So I've always been quite driven in that sense. I've always been looking at the next thing - even when I'm on a show that's really successful, I'm always looking at the next thing or trying to create something myself. 'That's maybe why I've been doing it over 20 years - touch wood, it's been alright. They're trying t){kind=link}
Paddy McGuinness reveals the reason for his strong work ethic alongside sharing how cancer has impacted his family ahead of hosting a new Channel 4 show in aid of Stand Up To Cancer
Paddy McGuinness has said he will never turn down a TV job amid ‘constant fear’ that work might dry up.
McGuinness, 50, is seen on TV on Top Gear, Question of Sport, I Can See Your Voice, Catchpoint and now will host new Channel 4 series Don’t Look Down which is part of their Stand Up To Cancer campaign.
He said: “When it comes to telly, it does feel like sometimes ‘God he never stops working’ but there are always gaps in between filming shows. But also I do think being working class, it’s in you, you know? I left school at 16 and you just have that thing of that constant fear of âIf it stops, what do I do next?’
Starring alongside childhood pal Peter Kay, the dad-of-three, 50, first appeared on our screens back in 2001 as Bolton-born bouncer Paddy O’Shea in the much-loved comedy, Phoenix Nights and its 2004 spin-off, Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere. However, despite enjoying a stint in one of the nation’s most beloved comedies, McGuinness revealed in 2021 that he earned more from a job in his local leisure centre than he did for his work on Phoenix Nights.