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Julie Walters discovered her acting talent during a mime lesson.
The 64-year-old actress first realized how much she enjoyed performing after a nun forced her to mime in front of the class in primary school.
Recalling her first moment in the spotlight, the 'Paddington' actress shared: "There was this one nun [and] she used to have this miming thing you did every Friday afternoon - you had to get up in front of the class and do a mime. And the children had to guess what it was.
"Anyway, the first time that I did it, I did this gossiping woman. This nun - she was awful - but she roared with laughter! The world changed in that moment. The power of that. She said: 'You should go on the stage.' I will never forget how suddenly beautiful the classroom looked."
Julie - who plays the housekeeper Mrs Bird in 'Paddington' - has since had to adapt her acting methods to accommodate the developments in technology, including a CGI Paddington bear.
Recalling the years she spent working on 'Harry Potter' with then-child stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, Julie told the Metro newspaper: "They'd shoot them, then they'd shoot us talking to them when they couldn't be there. So I was kind of used to that, things appearing afterwards."

The 'Independence Day' sequel will begin filming next year.
The long-anticipated follow-up to the 1996 sci-fi adventure starring Will Smith, has been given the green light to start filming in May with a release date set for 2016.
Although Smith, 46, hasn't signed up to reprise his role as Captain Steven Hillier, the film's original director Roland Emmerich is tipped to return to helm the movie.
The studio behind the film, 20th Century Fox, will begin casting as soon as Emmerich confirms he is on board, reports Deadline.
Emmerich is also rumoured to be producing alongside the movie's original writer Dean Devlin and 'The Day After Tomorrow' composer Harald Kloser.
Carter Blanchard will write the script after a first draft was penned by James Vanderbilt.
Jeff Goldblum, 64, who starred alongside Smith in the original alien invasion movie, is also on board to reprise his role as David Levinson.
He previously said: "They've talked to me about it, and I've talked to them about it and they're excited and I'm anxious and eager to see - I haven't read anything. I think they're trying to put it together."
The film will open in US cinemas on June 24, 2016, and will make its debut across the pond on July 1.

Natalie Portman is in talks for a role in the Steve Jobs biopic.
The 'Black Swan' actress is negotiating a deal to play a "major role" in the movie about the Apple co-founder - who died from pancreatic cancer in 2011 aged 56 - though the exact details of the part has not been revealed, Deadline reports.
The biopic has seen numerous changes since it was first mooted and was recently picked up by Universal Studios after Sony Pictures decided they no longer wished to be involved in the project.
The film will be helmed by 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle, but the casting process has been a slow one after Leonardo DiCaprio - who was up for the role of Jobs - chose to take a hiatus from acting, and Christian Bale decided he would not be suitable to play the technology businessman and refused the part.
Michael Fassbender is believed to be in talks for the role, with Seth Rogen also apparently close to signing onto the project to play the role of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. 'Interstellar' star Jessica Chastain is also rumored to be attached to the film as an unspecified character.
Scripted by Aaron Sorkin with input from Walter Isaacson, who penned the entrepreneur's official biography, the project promises to focus on three key moments from the CEO's life: the launch of the Mac, the takeover of ill-fated computer company NeXT and the production of the iPod.
Portman is currently editing her directorial debut, 'A Tale Of Love And Darkness' and has several movies waiting for release, including 'Jane Got A Gun' and 'Knight Of Cups'.

James Cameron says the new 'Avatar' films will be "bitchin'."
The three sequels to the 2009 blockbuster are currently in pre-production as the screenwriter puts the finishing touches to the scripts, but has hinted fans will be shocked by the blockbuster movies.
Speaking of the three - currently untitled - sequels, he said: "They're gonna be bitchin'. You will s**t yourself with your mouth wide open. (sic)"
The 60-year-old director has been working on the films for several years, but progress was made at the beginning of the year with Zoe Saldana confirming she will be reprising her role as Na'vi alien Neytiri, and Sam Worthington returning as protagonist Jake Sully.
The 'Titanic' director has also been speaking about how the sequels will be filmed, confirming he has opted to shoot the movies in 48 frames per second as opposed to a rumoured 60 frames per second, explaining it is more sensible for when it is released publicly.
Talking to the new issue of Empire magazine, he said: "My thinking at the time was that 60 [FPS] might be a better segue to the video market,
"I'll be plugging into a system that's a little more mature, so it makes sense for me to do 48 frames at this point."
The second 'Avatar' film is due to be shot in 2015, with a release date of December 2016.

Andy Serkis used "body-popping experts" to bring villain Ultron to life in 'The Avengers' sequel.
The motion capture genius was asked by Marvel Studios to work on 'The Avengers: Age Of Ultron' to perfect the movements of the megalomaniac robot - played by James Spader - in the superhero movie.
Serkis - who runs The Imaginarium studio, which specialises in CGI acting - used an array of different dancers and other experts to figure out how the character should move, speak and walk.
Speaking in the new issue of Empire magazine, he said: "We did some work on Ultron. On the development of Ultron before James Spader came on board. In terms of movement styles was he going to be human-like? Was he going to be robot-like? So we worked with a bunch of different people, from body-popping experts to dancers, to this guy called Neil who's nearly eight feet tall."
Serkis and his studio also helped Mark Ruffalo with his portrayal of The Hulk, especially how to master the angry green giant's roar.
The 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' star said: "We gave Mark weights, we had voice projections so he could do his Hulk roar. On screen we could have a virtual representation of the low-res avatar of The Hulk, so he could come out and feel that sense of scale."
'The Avengers: Age Of Ultron' also sees Robert Downey, Jr. return as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth back as Thor, Chris Evans reprising his role of Captain America, Scarlett Johansson donning Black Widow's catsuit one more and Jeremy Renner returning as Hawkeye.
The Marvel sequel is scheduled for a May 2015 release.

Frank Grillo will star as Crossbones in 'Captain America: Civil War'.
The 51-year-old actor will return for the third movie in the Marvel franchise, in which viewers will see him transform from Brock Rumlow into the super-villain.
Talking about the evil comic book character, he said: "He's a bad ass, he is just vicious. I like the idea that it's no holds barred. I love the physicality. We all know what Crossbones represents in his world."
The film is the follow-up to 2014 movie 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' in which the actor starred as Brock, and explained how proud he feels to have been asked to return for the next movie.
He said: "[Winter Soldier] was only a taste of what's to come with the next film, and I couldn't be more humbled and excited."
The announcement means the 'Prison Break' actor will join Daniel Bruhl for the film, in which he is believed to be playing an unidentified villain.
Last month, it was reported Robert Downey Jr. was also in talks to join the movie, which would see the 'Iron Man' star bring his iconic character into the 'Captain America' franchise, for which he would earn $40 million.
'Captain America: Civil War' is set to be released on May 6 2016, with Joe and Anthony Russo returning to direct the film.

Benedict Cumberbatch says it was a "tragedy" to not record 'Penguins of Madagascar' with Tom McGrath.
The 38-year-old actor couldn't work opposite his co-star Tom due to their conflicting schedules, which forced them to record their voice overs for the movie in separate studios.
Speaking about the set up, Benedict said: "The tragedy is that we never got to be in the same room acting opposite one another."
However, the 'Sherlock' star went on the explain that he still felt a connection to Tom - who plays leader of the penguins, Skipper - despite being in different countries.
He told Collider.com: "You do build up an understanding of someone else's performance. I still felt like I was performing with Tom. I just ... it would have been lovely to have had this [one-on-one].
"But it's still brilliant because you've got their idea of where it was going and then you could build on that and give it another turn, so it's a continual tennis match anyway."
Tom agreed, before adding that the separation actually helped Benedict to be more creative with his role as Classified.
The 50-year-old director and actor said: "It allows Benedict to explore and improvise.
"It can be hard to do that when you've got everyone stepping on each other and doing things."
Which led Benedict to quip: "I force actors to work in different continents all because of my working methods. That's so rude. I'm embarrassed!"

Ridley Scott won't be directing the 'Blade Runner' sequel.
The 76-year-old director - who helmed the original sci-fi thriller in 1982 - has confessed he will not be returning to the director's chair for the follow up but has signed on to produce the film.
While the new director is yet to be revealed, Scott has been working with original writer Hampton Fencher to come up with a plot for the movie.
He told Variety.com: "We talked at length about what it could be, and came up with a pretty strong three-act storyline, and it all makes sense in terms of how it relates to the first one."
The Oscar-nominee also revealed that Harrison Ford - who starred as Rick Deckard in the original - will be returning in the sequel, although his character will only be making an appearance towards the end of the film.
He said: "Harrison is very much part of this one, but really it's about finding him; he comes in the third act."
The 'Prometheus' director - whose latest offering 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' starring Christian Bale and Ben Kingsley is due out in December this year - also confessed he has no plans to retire in the future.
He said: "If I stop, what am I going to do? Walk a spaniel?"
He added of his non-stop career directing both movies and TV commercials: "It was almost like being in sport.
"I thought, 'How many tournaments can I play?'"

'Pacific Rim 2' will be a "different adventure" to the first movie.
Director Guillermo del Toro has confirmed Charlie Day and Burn Gorman - who portrayed squabbling scientists Geiszler and Gottleib - will be returning for the sequel but they won't be battling the same Kaiju enemy again.
The filmmaker said: "I think that two of our main characters like in the first one are Burn and Charlie. They are really, really - I mean, honestly, they are probably the guys I have the most fun writing along with Hannibal Chau so just from a purely selfish drive, I like writing them.
"You're gonna get a lot of that, but the Kaijus are very different and you're gonna see a very different type of the robots I think. It's gonna be quite a different adventure."
The sequel is set some time after the 2013 blockbuster and the filmmaker has promised "quite a jump" between the two.
He added in an interview with Collider: "It's a few years after the first one. It's not an immediate follow-up. It is the world having been freed of Kaiju, what happens to the world after - what happens to the Jaeger technology once the Kaiju are not a threat. It's quite a jump."
'Pacific Rim 2' is scheduled for release on April 7, 2017.