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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.

Naomie Harris

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Naomie Harris
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: September 6
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
London
England
Naomie Melanie Harris
Take
Impersonate
Essence
Create
Someone
Character

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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 would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.
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Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.
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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 really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer.
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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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