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Naomie Harris
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: September 6
Actor
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Film Actor
London
England
Naomie Melanie Harris
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I never make suggestions. I really don't. 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 like to believe that we all pray to the same god.
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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.
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I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.
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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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Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.
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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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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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Powerful women are the most interesting to play.
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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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It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.
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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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To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.
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I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.
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I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.
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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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You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.
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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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Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
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