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When You Write For Very Young Children What They Want Is Something Familiar And Safe And Stereotyped.

All The Ancient Classic Fairy Tales Have Always Been Scary And Dark.

As Everyone, You Do End Up Becoming Your Mother, But Also As You're Acting, I Find Out You Become Every Member Of Your Family, Bits Come Out Without You Really Wanting Them To Come Out.

I Liked Pretending To Be Other People: I Could Reinvent Myself, Reinvent My Own Reality.

I Loved Doing All Those Costume Dramas. I Didn't Think, 'ooh I've Got To Avoid Being Typecast' - You Can't Ever Be Dictated To By What Other People Think. I Just Do Things Because I Fancy The Parts And The Directors.