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

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Nice, Giving, Like, Cry

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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Always, Africa, Touching, Warmth

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

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Through, Phase, Should, Rebellious

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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Soul, Worry, Ageing, True Story

When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered luxuries, and what a privilege they see education as and how hungry they are to learn, I wanted to give my brother and sister long lectures. That definitely stayed with me.

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Education, Considered, Lectures

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

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Think, More, I Think, Helping People

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

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Work, Culture, Everyone, Cambridge

I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.

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Big, University, Shock, Cambridge

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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Role, I Think, Very, Arm

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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Been, Became, Britain, To Survive

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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Made, Films, Great Film, OK

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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Country, Very, Became, Relations

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

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Think, I Think, Very, Bullied

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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Week, Six, Set, Six Days

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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Love, Always, Been, Austen

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

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Play, Think, 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?'

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Always, Caught, Very, Stressful

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

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Soul, Sides, Different Sides, Party

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

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Boss, Advice, New, Worried

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.

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Book, Down, Constantly, Upbeat

I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.

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Love, Bond, Craig, Daniel

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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Everybody, Important Thing, Struggles

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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Turn, Say, Your, Energy

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

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Follow, Stylish, Need, Trends

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

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Think, Been, I Think, Wonderfully

Hollywood 'friends' are only after one thing. They're looking out for the next big thing, and they don't want to miss out on you just in case.

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Big, Next, Hollywood, Big Thing

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

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Mum, Believes, Almost, I Believe In

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

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School, Drama, About, Drama School

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.

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Very, Which, Well-Known, Drama School

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.

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Profession, Very, Steely, Knocks

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