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Now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. You use it loudly. How difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away . Now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. However, my father is a professor of history. So from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, the beauty of a woman is in her silence. So, yes. And you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff youve written about your past, where at school, every morn...

Naomi alderman, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. I want to start at the beginning. You were raised in a very traditional, observant orthodoxJewish Community in north london where, i think its fair to say, women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. Now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. You use it loudly. How difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away . Now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. However, my father is a professor of history. So from that perspective, i came from an intelle...

Women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. Now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. You use it loudly. How difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away . Now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. However, my father is a professor of history. So from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, the beauty of a woman is in her silence. So, yes. And you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite op...

I guess i just think of them as great classical stories and they happen to take place in the future. so i think they're cool to do as well as to watch. >> larry: i tell you who would have loved this. one of the most creative people i have ever known or heard about, your late great father pat weaver. he would have loved this. >> i think he would have been blown away by the experience of seeing "avatar" and how ambitious it is and how satisfying it is as a movie, as an entertainment, as an experience, frankly. but thank you. that's sweet of you. >> larry: thanks, sigourney. >> my pleasure. >> la...

Stories like this, you know. i guess i just think of them as great classical stories and they happen to take place in the future so i think they're cool to do as well as to watch. >> larry: i tell you who would have loved this. one of the most creative people i ever had known was your late great grandfather peter we're. >> i think he would have been blown away by the experience of seeing "avatar" and how how ambition it is and how satisfying it is as a movie, as entertainment, as an experience frankly. thank you. that's sweet of you. >> larry: thanks, sigourney. >> my pleasure. >> larry: what ...