Quotes from Naomie Harris

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Make-up is an extension of your clothes.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.