Naomie Harris Quotes

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Naomie Harris

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 6, 1976

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.

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I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.

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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.

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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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The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the multicultural society we are today, and also helps us understand the history of race relations in this country.

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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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Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.

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I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; then you become an adult and you think, 'I'm just going to be myself and either they accept it or they don't.' But you know what? I like me, and that's the most important thing.

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As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.

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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.

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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.

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

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

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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?

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