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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! "

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" I love Africa. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm incredibly impatient; I'd like to be less so, and more content with the now. "

" There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men. "

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

" 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. "

" The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the multicultural society we are today, and also helps us understand the history of race relations in this country. "

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

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

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

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