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I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape.

I wanted above all else not to be like my mum.

I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.

I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.

I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her.

I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am.

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

Julie Walters