Quote

People have very strong opinions about how their national icons should be played.

Naomie Harris

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Naomie Harris
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: September 6
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
London
England
Naomie Melanie Harris
People
Icons
Opinions
Played
National
Opinion
Strong

More quotes by Naomie Harris

Image
I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?'
Naomie Harris
Image
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
Image
To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.
Naomie Harris
Image
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.
Naomie Harris
Image
I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.
Naomie Harris
Image
I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.
Naomie Harris
Image
You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.
Naomie Harris
Image
I usually look in my eyes to tell the truth of how I'm feeling that day.
Naomie Harris
Image
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
Image
I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.
Naomie Harris
Image
I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.
Naomie Harris
Image
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.
Naomie Harris
Image
Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.
Naomie Harris
Image
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.
Naomie Harris
Image
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.
Naomie Harris
Image
Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.
Naomie Harris
Image
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
Image
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.
Naomie Harris
Image
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
Image
I'm absolutely loving being part of Bondiana, and that not only am I a Bond girl, but I get to be an agent as well.
Naomie Harris