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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. "

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" I love Africa. "

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

" I'm totally in love with Jane Austen and have always been in love with Jane Austen. I did my dissertation at university on black people in eighteenth-century Britain - so I'd love to do a Jane Austen-esque film but with black people. "

" The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know? "

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

" My mum believes in me almost more than I believe in myself. "

" I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate. "

" I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture. "

" 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. "

" I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion. "

" When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered luxuries, and what a privilege they see education as and how hungry they are to learn, I wanted to give my brother and sister long lectures. That definitely stayed with me. "

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

" 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. "

" We eat food all the time and don't really understand what goes into something like bread. "

" Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; then you become an adult and you think, 'I'm just going to be myself and either they accept it or they don't.' But you know what? I like me, and that's the most important thing. "

" 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. "

" The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" Make-up is an extension of your clothes. "

" 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. "

" Yes, I'm obsessed with health, which has been an interesting journey. I went down the raw-food diet route, but got ill. It was really hard, especially in Britain in winter, trying to survive on raw carrots. I became so ill and anemic, so I stopped that and became a vitamin junkie. I just ate lots of vegetables, exercised and breathed. "

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

" I think the role of the Bond woman has changed so much over the years that it now doesn't follow a typical archetypical view. Before, it was very much a beautiful woman who didn't contribute much and who usually ended up getting killed or was arm candy for Bond. But now the women in a Bond movie have so much more to offer. "

" I was too much of an innocent when I went to university. "

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

" 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?' "