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So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.

My favorite place in the world is the Harry Potter tour near London.

Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books.

My agent in London says all New York films are wonderful if they're really New York films because they're like travelogues.

I've basically grown up with Harry Potter, as so many kids my age have. It's kind of a part of my life.

I was up for 'Harry Potter' way, way back. But I don't quite fit the bill, I think.

I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies.

I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there.

It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of mine. We did youth theatre together when we were 16 and always had a dream of making a film together. And ten years later, we've done it. So it's great.