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Naomi Watts

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Naomi Watts is an acclaimed Australian actress with a notable career in film. Born on September 28, 1968, in London, England, she grew up in Australia. Watts began her acting career in television before transitioning to film, where she has gained recognition for her exceptional performances. She has been nominated for multiple awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'The Piano' (1993).

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“There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.”

Author:Naomi Watts

“When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.”

Felt Dark Hair Dark Hair

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“Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.”

Thinking Said Play Mother Interesting Roles Exciting Deeper Teenager

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“I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in England and never wanted to leave. When I was in Australia I went back to England a lot.”

Years Firsts Wanted Memories England British Australia Very Happy Happy Memories

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“Hotels are temporary people storage, no matter how big the boxes are. Remember that.”

People Matter Bigs Remember Boxes Hotel Temporary Storage

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“I'm not happy unless I've got a little bit of fear going.”

Littles Bits Little Bit Not Happy

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“I was going on years and years of auditions and being told I was too this, too that, not enough of this, not enough of that, to the point where I was so afraid and diluting myself into absolutely nothing...”

Years Enough Auditions Absolutely Nothing

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“I think every time you take on a new role, you're trying to help find that voice and you add your own bits and pieces along the way but with Noah [Baumbach] it's already done.”

Thinking Way Trying Done Helping Bits Voice Roles Pieces Add Bits And Pieces

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“Noah Baumbach writing is really wonderful. I think the way he plays out each character with a unique voice is really impressive, and rhythmically his dialogue works.”

Thinking Way Writing Play Character Voice Wonderful Unique Dialogue Impressive Unique Voices

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“We're all the same, we all think its better somewhere else; its better being older if you're younger - or its better being younger when we're older.”

Ifs Thinking Somewhere Else

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“If we could just trust the moment that we're in and live it in the way that you best can embrace it, it would be much better for all of us.”

Ifs Way Moments Would Be Embrace

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“I don't know that any woman could ever not think about that at some point - even making the choice not to do it and getting to the place of peace of choosing not to be a parent, there would have still been some struggle in between. I'm not a man but I don't think it would occupy their minds as much.”

Thinking Knows Men Mind Stills Choices Parent Struggle Places Of Peace

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“I think whether you've got children or not you're just more aware of others as you get out of your 20s.”

Thinking Children

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“In your 20s - and these are generalizations of course - I feel like I didn't care about as many things or as many people, or even myself, as much. There's more recklessness and more ruthlessness; you're not as considerate of how things land with other people I think.”

People Thinking Feels Care Courses Land Generalization Considerate Recklessness Ruthlessness

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“I feel like personally I have more drive now than I did then probably because I care more and also because I've reached the mid-life point.”

Feels Care I Care Because I Care

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“I think in my 20s I was just all about having fun.”

Thinking Fun Having Fun

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“I love the energy and the knowledge. I barely know how to use this thing [mobile phone]. I get by.”

Knows Use Energy Know How Phones Mobile Mobile Phones

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“I go to a dance class myself called BBS - Body By Simone - its little mini dance routines and I am often the oldest person in the room although I forget that. I'm fairly fit.”

Littles Persons Body Forget Rooms Class Fit Dance Class

Author:Naomi Watts

“I've always loved to dance and keep fit but more recently I feel like I cannot keep up any longer and my back starts to hurt. And I get angry and then I have to really learn to forgive myself and go: you know what, you're nearly twice the age of some of the people in this room, give yourself a break.”

People Knows Giving Feels Age Hurt Rooms Break Fit Angry Forgiving Learn To Forgive

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“I have a bit of a frustrated dancer in me.”

Bits Dancer Frustrated

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“Dance was one of the things that led me to acting even though I say I fell in love with acting fairly early on and its true but around 16 and 17 I got heavily into dance but I think I just came into it too late and I was never going to be really great at it so I let it go and the dance led to more acting classes.”

Thinking Acting Class Late Too Late Really Great Let It Go Acting Classes

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“We had met with Ben Stiller here in LA when I was shooting The Ring and he was doing Meet The Fockers and we have friends in common. But we didn't know each other well. He's fantastic and we really had a great time on this and we were both laughing at where we were at, this other couple, and how it was mirroring what we were going through as well. It was clever writing in that way.”

Knows Way Writing Wells Common Laughing Couple Mets Rings Clever Fantastic Shooting Great Times Doing Me Had A Great Time Mirroring

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“I meditate. I do transcendental meditation and I have been doing that for a long time and that does just clear the mind. I am not religious at all.”

Mind Long Doe Has Beens Religious Clear Meditation Long Time Transcendental Transcendental Meditation

Author:Naomi Watts

“I felt I grew up when I was about 28. I feel pretty much the same. I get reminded when I look in mirrors that I am not. Hopefully, you keep growing and keep planning things as you go along.”

Feels Looks Felt Growing Grew Grew Up Mirrors Planning Hopefully Planning Things

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“It seems like a lot when you have three movies back to back but that's not really how it is.”

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“Female roles in comedies are usually quite silly, I think.”

Thinking Roles Comedy Female Silly Female Roles

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“I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined to follow people like David Cronenberg.”

People Thinking Stories Film Directors Mediums Filmmaker

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“It's unusual to spend even three full hours away from my newborn baby, it's like a piece of my body is back in the hotel room, and it does feel strange. But I love my work, though, it's not just a job for me, punching in my time card. I've always loved what I do, it's what makes me happy and I figure if I'm happy I'll be a good Mum too.”

Ifs Feels Doe Body Jobs Three Hours Rooms Pieces Figures Strange Baby Cards My Time Hotel Unusual Mum Make Me Happy Newborn Hotel Rooms Punching Newborn Baby

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“You're always nervous about how a film lands with an audience.”

Film Audience Land Nervous

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“The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure.”

Use Violence Subjects Standing Fingers Soapbox Violence In Movies

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“Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.”

Kind Ends Home Letting Go The End Of The Day

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“Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project.”

Firsts Interest Teacher Directors Projects Craving

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“It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.”

Ifs Directors Scripts Take Me

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“I was never completely destitute. I think I borrowed money once off a friend, but I've always been quite careful with my money, having come from not much of it.”

Thinking Careful Borrowed Destitute Borrowed Money

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“Who are we when we leave our families? Who do we become? What are we capable of? That's something that never leaves us. It begins at that point in your life when you leave the nest, and I don't think we stop wanting to explore that question.”

Thinking Capable Our Family Nests

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“Sometimes you arrive late in the process of filming, which makes it a little scary because they've already got this well-established technique going on, and all of the relationships are comfy and cozy. You have to figure out how to fit in, which can always be a scary first day.”

Firsts Wells Littles Sometimes Process Figures Fit Late Scary Technique Cozy

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“What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?"”

Thinking Want I Can Actors Leader Bears Directors What You Want Great Leader

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“I want collaboration, but if they don't have a plan or their vision isn't clear, it's nerve-wracking. So, someone that's very sure of the vision is what you want, most of all.”

Ifs Want Vision Clear Plans What You Want Nerves Collaboration

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“I like complicated women. I like women with strength and contradictions.”

Complicated Contradiction

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“I love being outside with trees and water, lying down somewhere or walking. I do transcendental meditation, which keeps me calm and steady.”

Lying Water Love Is Meditation Tree Walking Calm Steady Transcendental Transcendental Meditation Lying Down

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“Sometimes they come to you and it's a small role, so it's about the experience and the journey and mixing with people you know you will learn from. Or sometimes it's a scene in a movie that you think, 'I just have to play this person.'”

People Thinking Knows Persons Sometimes Play Roles Journey Scene Mixing Small Roles

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“My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a surreal place, and it really is an assault on your spirit.”

Years Film Spirit Bits Broken Hollywood Assault Surreal

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“It is a huge amount of pressure playing someone like Valerie Plame-Wilson. First of all who she is and what she's done is wildly intimidating and impressive. It is just scary to take on that responsibility, and you want to honor her story, an incredible story that affected us all. She is often doing things that were confusing to me, like her sexual prowess. I think that she is in a lot of pain and she has been really badly wounded along the way. She doesn't hold men in the highest regard... not just men but people.”

People Thinking Men Done Pain Responsibility Honor Incredibles Scary Old Man Confusing Impressive Intimidating Hold Me

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“Rodrigo Garcia is a brilliant writer. He just loves women. It is evident. When you are in the presence of him you can just tell he has a terrific understanding of women. He has two daughters, and he loves his wife.”

Understanding Wife Daughter Brilliant

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“At seventeen most people get their ears pierced or get a tattoo or something slightly taboo. That is what I love about Rodrigo Garcia, he's not conventional. He's someone who sees people in extraordinary ways, and forgives them for being such.”

People Forgiving Extraordinary Tattoo Taboo

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“I think when a man sees a woman who knows what she wants it can be scary, but it can also be tempting.”

Thinking Men Scary

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“I feel like I've been hit by a car every night, that's how I feel emotionally after The Race show. But it is a complete dream come true. For me growing up in New York all I ever wanted to do was Broadway.”

Dream Night Growing Up Car Dreams Come True

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“Since I had children I have taken huge amounts of time off. In a way it's a really good thing, in this show business especially, to have lots of private time, having lots of time to be in the world to observe people and read and take care of my kids helps me to come back into work with a thrill.”

People World Children Helping Care Kids Taken Good Things Take Care Help Me Show Business

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“I've done a few remakes now, as you know. And my philosophy is, you see the original film once, and that's it. You have to do whatever you can to shut it out, because you don't want your performance to be tainted. You don't want to fall into the trap of comparisons, basically.”

Done Philosophy Film Fall Comparison

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“Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.”

Interest Teacher Craving

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Born: September 28, 1968
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 74

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