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Naomie Harris is a British actress renowned for her versatile performances in film and television. Born on September 6, 1976, she has gained acclaim for her roles in films like '28 Days Later' and 'Skyfall'. Harris is celebrated for her ability to portray complex characters with nuance and depth.

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

Want Humans Boss

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

People Thinking Helping Helping People

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

Giving Nice Cry Flower Kissing My Sister Hug Random Things

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

Thinking Shy Target Skinny Bullied Nerdy

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“What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.”

People Home Stranger Generosity Openness Touching Warmth Offering

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

I Can Different Soul Sides Party Different Sides

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

Should Kids Phases Rebellious Naughty

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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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“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.”

Soul Stories Eye Faces Worry Window Who You Are Your Face Twisted Ageing True Story Window To The Soul

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

People Should Culture Debt Mindset Promoting

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

Culture Cambridge

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

Situation Advice Honest Worried Boss Graduates

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“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.”

People Ifs Want Reason Asks Ability Embarrassed

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

World Kids Around The World Location Glamorous

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“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.”

Want Bigs Next Cases One Thing Missing Hollywood Big Things

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“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?'”

Thinking Way Should Done Character Caught Caught Up Stressful

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

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

Believe Praying

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

Persons Real Streets My Family Real Family

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

Directors Fantastic

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“I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.”

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

Ifs Knows Art Masters Drivers

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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.”

Want Persons Mansions Rolls Royce

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

Needs Trends Stylish

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“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.”

Home Bigs Enjoy Ready Blame Leaving University Shock Cambridge Leaving Home Wrenches

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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.”

Wells Children School Jobs Acting Known Drama Seven London Locals Well Known Non Stop

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“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.”

Writing Trying Littles Book Grateful Each Day Little Things Joyful Noticing Upbeat Noticing Things

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“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.”

People Thinking Want Humans Persons Stories Struggle Wonderful Involved

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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.”

Believe Stories Film Powerful Messages Telling Stories

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“I am always interested in affecting people in some way, making them think about particular areas of history that they have never thought about or that they may have thought about in one way and then changing their view.”

People Thinking Way May Views Particular Areas One Way

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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.”

World Individual Inspire Forgiving Extraordinary Revenge How To Forgive

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“Powerful women are the most interesting to play.”

Play Interesting Powerful Most Interesting Powerful Women

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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.”

Want Compassion Amount Capable And Love Revenge Immense Love And Forgiveness

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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.”

Knows Way Giving Believe Reality Would Be Able Desire Left Injustice Revenge Immense

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

People Should Strong Opinion Very Strong Icons Strong Opinions

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“As an artist, I am interested in telling stories that haven't been told before, stories that are going to affect people, and also stories that shine light on areas of history that haven't had light shined on them before.”

People Stories Light Artist Havens Areas Shining Telling Stories

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“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.”

Character Light Beautiful Film Magic Special

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“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.”

Ifs Giving Children Dream Choices Capable Empowering Educate

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

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“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.”

Jobs Term Careers Doors Impact Slave Impact On Society

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“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.”

Stills Real Economic Aspect South Inequality South Africa Saddest Economic Inequality

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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.”

Knows Want Actors Stuff Add Impressed Amazed Suggestions

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“Mom's a writer, so I grew up reading scripts and I have a real respect for them and I know how much thought goes into creating a role, so I'm always interested to find out what was the thought process of the writer and how best can I convey it rather than trying to change it to suit myself.”

Knows Trying Real Reading Process Roles Know How Grew Mom Creating Grew Up Scripts Suits Trying To Change Thought Process

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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.”

I Can Character Essence Impersonate

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“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.”

Feels Bigs Behinds Like You Harder Budgets Machinery Contributing

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“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.”

Feels Kind Two Able School Drama Lucky Tough Grateful Profession Really Amazing Two Of Us

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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.”

Done Running Certain Team Brother Bigger Nervous Atmosphere Relieved Wilson Barbara Brother Sister Broccoli Skyfall

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“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.”

Way Different Running Action Guy Fighting Yeah Running Away Jumping Bad Guys Skyfall

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“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!”

Two Hours Five Week Shooting Range Trainers Skyfall Shooting Range

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“I really enjoyed working with Daniel [Craig], because he's a brilliant actor at the top of his game. That gave me an opportunity to learn from the best, which is what you're always looking for as a performer in order to grow and get better at your craft. It was also great because he was so nice and incredibly supportive, because it really was an intimidating experience for me. He sort of held my hand and said, "We're in this together and we'll get through it together." And he did look after me.”

Looks Said Hands Together Order Actors Opportunity Games Grows Nice Brilliant Crafts Enjoyed Get Better Performers Supportive Intimidating Opportunities To Learn

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About the Author

Born: September 6, 1976
Known for: Actress
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