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Powerful women are the most interesting to play.

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Naomie Harris
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: September 6
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
London
England
Naomie Melanie Harris
Powerful
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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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You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.
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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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Hollywood 'friends' are only after one thing. They're looking out for the next big thing, and they don't want to miss out on you just in case.
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I just feel incredibly lucky. I went to drama school and about 28 of us graduated. I graduated from drama school in 2000, and I would say about two of us are working and able to make a living out of it. It is a tough profession. To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.
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I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.
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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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I have many different sides I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.
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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.
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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.
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I was really nervous, because I was certain it was going to be bigger than anything I'd ever done before. But I was relieved when I actually discovered that there was a family atmosphere on the set, with a brother-sister team, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson running it all.
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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.
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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.
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Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.
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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 can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that.
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I really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer.
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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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It's more instinctive to want revenge, but we are also capable of immense amounts of forgiveness and love and a compassion that extends even to those who have brutalized us.
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