Naomie Harris Quotes

To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself.

No affairs for me. It is so wonderful to have a family to come home to, to sit with them, pull each other's legs... To lose all of that for what? Who's got the time? I'm having great fun working.

Anytime you get rewarded for all the work you put into this game, you're going to be happy about it.

I'm fully aware of how lucky I am to do the work I do. I work really, really hard, and there are a lot of privileges and perks that come with the job.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

People come into work and actually go home to their families. They want to go there and explore and have a good time, but they also want to go home, which is the best kind of working environment. You go in and do your job, and then you go home and enjoy your life.

I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they're mine.

I love watching old movies, reading and having some good meals. I have a very close group of friends and family. I try to spend time with the ones that I love and work as hard as possible.

Any time that we have time to take off, we love being home.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

My life at home gives me absolute joy. Having so much time there with the family has just been incredible. My life has changed and I work less, but I was never really one to work too much.

I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.

The less I work, the happier I am. I discovered that, as most people discover at some point.

I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.

I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read.

The only time I ever spend alone is when I am working or when my husband is away filming. I put the kids to bed and have an hour and a half in the evening for myself.

I surf - that's the one thing I make time to do. I definitely surf a lot, but when you're working 15 hour days... all I want to do is get home to my baby.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

I've been blessed to have a long career.

Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.