Dear Bernard, I recall several readers’ questions asking you which actors might play certain of your characters, and your reply was that you would leave it up to the casting people. However, I was wondering if you do have any particular actors that you admire, not the actors themselves but their performances. I think actors and writers are very similiar creatures, both being charged with the task of protraying a story and characters to the audience/readership. Different methods of doing it, obviously, but with ultimately the same aim. To make for a good story. I personally will watch anything with Daniel Day Lewis in it, because of the sheer mastery he has of his craft. You possess the same gift. The gift of being able to absorb someone into the scenes you are creating. So, I was just wondering if you have a particular actor/movie/performance that sticks out in your memory. I’m just curious! Thanks. Paul Reid, County Cork.