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"I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?"
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"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."
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