Naomie Harris Quotes

“You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.”

— Naomie Harris

“I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.”

— Naomie Harris

“At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.”

— Naomie Harris

I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.

— Naomie Harris

There are certain expectations that are put on you as a child actor, but mainly it's just turn up and say your lines with a lot of energy and a cute smile.

— Naomie Harris

“Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.”

— Naomie Harris

“Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.”

— Naomie Harris

“I'm totally in love with Jane Austen and have always been in love with Jane Austen. I did my dissertation at university on black people in eighteenth-century Britain - so I'd love to do a Jane Austen-esque film but with black people.”

— Naomie Harris

“Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.”

— Naomie Harris

“I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.”

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“Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.”

— Naomie Harris

“Yes, I'm obsessed with health, which has been an interesting journey. I went down the raw-food diet route, but got ill. It was really hard, especially in Britain in winter, trying to survive on raw carrots. I became so ill and anemic, so I stopped that and became a vitamin junkie. I just ate lots of vegetables, exercised and breathed.”

— Naomie Harris

I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!

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I love doing a film with a new bunch of people.

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“I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion.”

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“I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.”

— Naomie Harris

“I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.”

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“I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.”

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I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude ... I think that looks a bit desperate.

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I'm incredibly impatient; I'd like to be less so, and more content with the now.

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I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art.

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My mum believes in me almost more than I believe in myself.

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The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.

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“To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.”

— Naomie Harris

“We eat food all the time and don't really understand what goes into something like bread.”

— Naomie Harris

“I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.”

— Naomie Harris

“I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.”

— Naomie Harris

“I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.”

— Naomie Harris

The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know?

— Naomie Harris

“I really enjoyed working with Daniel [Craig], because he's a brilliant actor at the top of his game. That gave me an opportunity to learn from the best, which is what you're always looking for as a performer in order to grow and get better at your craft. It was also great because he was so nice and incredibly supportive, because it really was an intimidating experience for me. He sort of held my hand and said, "We're in this together and we'll get through it together." And he did look after me.”

— Naomie Harris

“Without education, you really can't dream as a child.”

— Naomie Harris

“When you film in Africa, it's almost like a character in and of itself because it is so beautiful and has this special magic that I've never experienced anywhere else. There is something so incredibly beautiful about the light ...”

— Naomie Harris

“As an artist, I am interested in telling stories that haven't been told before, stories that are going to affect people, and also stories that shine light on areas of history that haven't had light shined on them before.”

— Naomie Harris

“I'd like to believe that I would be able to give in the same way Mandela did, but in reality, I don't know whether that is true. It is much more likely that I would be left with an immense sense of injustice and immense desire for revenge.”

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“I am always interested in affecting people in some way, making them think about particular areas of history that they have never thought about or that they may have thought about in one way and then changing their view.”

— Naomie Harris

“I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.”

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“I usually look in my eyes to tell the truth of how I'm feeling that day.”

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When I started out in the profession, it was definitely about proving that I was worthy, but after achieving a certain amount of success, I realized I didn't have to prove anything to anybody.

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“It was also great shooting in London at Pinewood Studios because of all its history. So many of the 007 movies were filmed there, as well as classics by everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Jack Nicholson to Martin Scorcese. It's like working on hallowed ground. So, I felt a responsibility to make sure I did as good a job as I possibly could.”

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“You don't want to just preach to people; you want to get them emotionally involved, and I think you do that with a wonderful human story about one person's struggle.”

— Naomie Harris

“When I have finished a job, done all the promotion, and it's been received well. Then I can allow myself the luxury of a break, and chilling out with my family and friends, and taking a nice break knowing I've done a good job.”

— Naomie Harris

“I definitely felt frightened [on Skyfall], but never in danger, because they were always so careful about everything. Some of the driving, particularly on that road around the sheer-drop cliff was actually done by stunt driver Ben Collin, who is otherwise known as The Stig from the TV show Pop Gear. He's a brilliant drive, nonetheless, it was terrifying to be careening along when a wrong turn would mean a thousand-foot drop and you're not in control and you want to slow the car down.”

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People are already describing it [Skyfall] as the best Bond flick ever, and I really think it will be.

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“What interests Sam Mendes are characters and relationships, and he was a genius at giving you the freedom to create the type of character you want, and also to explore and have fun with your fellow actors. For him, characters and relationships are really the heartbeat of the film, and then the action is the backdrop. By developing the characters, he makes you care that much more about the action and going on a journey with the characters.”

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One of the saddest aspects for me about filming in South Africa was that the real inequalities are still very much in place - and those are economic inequalities.

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“It is great to be a part of big-budget movies, but it is harder to feel like you are contributing, in the sense that it has such big machinery behind it.”

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“In some ways, except that in that movie [Skyfall] I was mostly screaming and running away from the bad guys, whereas in this one I'm generally jumping into the action and fighting with them. So, yeah, it was somewhat similar, but also very different.”

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“I was out on the shooting range twice a week [for Skyfall]. I worked out with a personal trainer for two hours a day, five days a week. So, it was quite demanding!”

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“I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these amazing movies.”

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I'm afraid that what most people don't know about me is that I'm very close to my brother and sister, who are 16 and 13, and I think I'm a pretty good big sister to them.

— Naomie Harris