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Apparently, I'm Very Good At Firing A Gun Without Blinking, Which Is Unusual. That's Why So Many Action Characters Have To Wear Sunglasses During Shoot-out Scenes. That's My Party Trick.

When I First Started Working, I Was Very Aware Of The Fact That I'd Been To University And Studied Russian And French And Not Acting. So When I Started Working, I'd Started Working Quite Young, I Felt Like It Was Important To Treat Myself Kind Of Like An Apprentice And Do As Many Different Types Of Things As I Could.

When I Was Pregnant, I Had The Romantic Idea That After The Baby Was Born I Would Not Only Take Up Reading In Earnest Again, But Also Write A Novel While My Daughter Slept In Her Moses Basket. Of Course, I Barely Had Time To Keep Up With My Magazines Until She Started Sleeping Properly.

It's A Very Difficult Thing Losing A Parent, But I Think There's An Added Complication For Me, Because He Was So Well-loved And He Had This Very Open Charm That Made People Feel They Had A Personal Relationship With Him.

I Grew Up As An Only Child And My Mother Was Also An Only Child, So We Were Both Very Passionate About Reading. I Think I Passed That On To My Daughter, Who Went Plowing Through 'harry Potter' And Every Other Book Possible!