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I adore children, but I was never that interested in new born babies. It's a terrible thing to have to admit, and you're not supposed to think that way as a woman, but everyone promises it's different when you have your own. It wasn't for me, though.

I do want to have kids. Every time I see a little kid, I get excited, and I want to spend time with them.

I want babies before I'm 25. I want to bring my babies on the road and bring them to concerts and raise them in the studio.

We didn't really have television when I was a kid. Around 30, I discovered films and started systematically catching up. I collect interesting documentaries and films, and watch a few nights a week.

It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now.

My son was three months old when I started filming 'The Hobbit,' and I was still breastfeeding.

Before my first child was born, I had nothing going on professionally really, and it's been a very blessed period of creativity for me since he arrived. It's very surreal. It's almost as if the babies are out there pulling strings somewhere, deciding what kind of life they want to be born into.

For a long time, I wanted children. When I was about 30 or 32, I really thought about it.

I've got a really good network that includes friends who all had babies within eight weeks of each other, plus my sister, a lovely part-time nanny and a nursery where Orla goes for half days.