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" I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion. "
Naomie Harris
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" I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art. "
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" When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week. "
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" Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you. "
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" Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have. "
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" I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director. "
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" At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive. "
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" Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid. "
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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. "
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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 always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture. "
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" 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. "
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" You don't need to follow trends to be stylish. "
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" 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? "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I like to believe that we all pray to the same god. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" We eat food all the time and don't really understand what goes into something like bread. "
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" I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it. "
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" I was too much of an innocent when I went to university. "
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