'Homeland' star 'remembers babyhood'

Claire Danes can remember being a baby.

'Homeland' star 'remembers babyhood'

Claire Danes can remember being a baby.

The 'Homeland' actress - who is expecting her first child with husband Hugh Dancy - claims to clearly recall being held uncomfortably as an infant and wishing she could speak in order to articulate her discomfort.

She said: "I have two very early memories and both were before I could speak.

"The first was being held by a friend of my parents - and they obviously weren't familiar with holding babies.

"They were holding me in an awkward way and I remember thinking it was very frustrating because I couldn't communicate with them to say how I wanted to be held.

"Around the same time, I also remember trying all sorts of methods to get my message across to my mum, and she was just as frustrated as I was because she didn't understand me.

"I remember thinking that this was a drag and things would be more efficient when I could talk."

Claire felt "trapped" by her inability to articulate herself properly.

She added in an interview with Grazia magazine: "I felt very trapped by the limitations of being a young person."

People don't usually remember events until the ages of around three or four.

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