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" There are certain expectations that are put on you as a child actor, but mainly it's just turn up and say your lines with a lot of energy and a cute smile. "

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

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

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

" I love doing a film with a new bunch of people. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I love Africa. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week. "