“How do you have a child without being terrified all the time?” “Well, that’s the big secret to parenting, Ben,” Caitlin whispered. “You are terrifie… - Gillian Anderson

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“How do you have a child without being terrified all the time?”
“Well, that’s the big secret to parenting, Ben,” Caitlin whispered. “You are terrified all the time. You get used to it. It becomes part of the background. Except for the times when it stabs you through the heart.”
He gazed at her a moment, then looked down at his menu.
“That was probably the worst sales pitch ever for having kids,” he said.

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About Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born 9 August 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files, Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth, Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC crime drama television series The Fall.

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Birth Name: Gillian Leigh Anderson
Alternative Names: Dana Scully
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