Quote

Only do acting, if you don't want to do anything else. And know that it's a tough journey with a lot of rejection along the way. You have to have a lot of self-belief.

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
Journey
Belief
Acting
Else
Anything
Self
Rejection
Way
Tough
Along

More quotes by 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
Powerful women are the most interesting to play.
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
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
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.
Naomie Harris
Image
Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
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
I have many different sides I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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
Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.
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
Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.
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
It was also great shooting in London at Pinewood Studios because of all its history. So many of the 007 movies were filmed there, as well as classics by everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Jack Nicholson to Martin Scorcese. It's like working on hallowed ground. So, I felt a responsibility to make sure I did as good a job as I possibly could.
Naomie Harris
Image
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.
Naomie Harris
Image
I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art.
Naomie Harris
Image
I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these amazing movies.
Naomie Harris
Image
Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.
Naomie Harris