Naomie Harris Quotes

You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.

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.

I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.

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.

I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.

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.

I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.

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?'

I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.

As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.

I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat.

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.

At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.

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.

If you educate children, then they are capable of so much - you empower them, you give them choices, and you enable them to create the lives that they dream for themselves.

I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.

I usually look in my eyes to tell the truth of how I'm feeling that day.

I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.

Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.

I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these amazing movies.

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.

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.

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

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.

When I started out in the profession, it was definitely about proving that I was worthy, but after achieving a certain amount of success, I realized I didn't have to prove anything to anybody.

Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.

I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art.

I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.

I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!

I don't think I have the assets to play the more traditional Bond Girl.

Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.

For some reason I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.

To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

I don't why I was bullied. I was quite shy and skinny. Very nerdy, very bookwormish. I think I was just a target.

I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.

Powerful women are the most interesting to play.

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.

Without education, you really can't dream as a child.

I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.

Education opens the door to everything in terms of having a career and an impact on society and not being a slave to your job, really.

One of the saddest aspects for me about filming in South Africa was that the real inequalities are still very much in place - and those are economic inequalities.

[I like to cook] Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add jerk to it as well.

Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.

I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.

Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.

I was out on the shooting range twice a week [for Skyfall]. I worked out with a personal trainer for two hours a day, five days a week. So, it was quite demanding!

People are already describing it [Skyfall] as the best Bond flick ever, and I really think it will be.

I'm afraid that what most people don't know about me is that I'm very close to my brother and sister, who are 16 and 13, and I think I'm a pretty good big sister to them.

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.

I really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer.