Naomie Harris

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.

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

I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.

I love Africa.

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.

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

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

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

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

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?'

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 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?