Jennifer Garner's Girl An Austen Fan

23 September 2009

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Jennifer Garner's three-year-old daughter reads Jane Austen novels.

The 'Invention of Lying' actress is keen for her children - Violet and eight-month-old Seraphina, her kids with husband Ben Affleck - to have a broad range of interests, and is already encouraging Violet to read classic literature.

Lynda Obst, who produced new movie 'The Invention of Lying', revealed: "Most of the time that I did spend with her when it was off-set, Violet was cooking with her, or reading Jane Austen, or doing one of these remarkable things that Violet tends to do.

Every day, you feel like you are off-balance one way or another. You just take it one day at a time. I don't think anyone has it properly figured out.

"She encourages her kids to be independent. And at the same time not television watchers. Readers. Thinkers. She is kind of old-fashioned. She is a very classic mom."

Jennifer, 37, admits she struggles to juggle her career with being a mother, but tries her best.

Speaking at the Hollywood premiere of the movie, she said: "Every day, you feel like you are off-balance one way or another. You just take it one day at a time. I don't think anyone has it properly figured out."

Ricky Gervais - Jennifer's co-star in the film, which is about a world where nobody lies until one man decides to shake things up - claims being a parent has also affected Jennifer's vocabulary.

He joked: "She is 'Miss Goody Two Shoes'. When she swears, she says things like 'dang it' and 'darn'. Her favourite swear word is 'rats'. That's not a swear word!"

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