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" I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine. "
Naomi Watts
Women
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" I hate diets. Restriction makes me feel rebellious. I find that I look my best when I feel my best, whatever that takes. For me, above all else, it means being around the people I want to be with. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on. "
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" I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left. "
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" When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali on the way through. "
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" Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to reflect that. People say, 'Oh, it's done by 40,' and now everyone knows it's not. I actually feel like the roles are a lot more interesting. "
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" I can't see the film industry coming to a grinding halt any time soon. I think we may be more open to negotiations and things like that, but I think the art world tends to thrive in times of recession. "
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" You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person. "
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" That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself. "
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" The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up. "
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" Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. "
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" I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28. "
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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. "
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" Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore. "
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" It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'! "
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" We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more. "
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" If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will. "
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" You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have. "
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" As much as my kids keep me young, they also have the reverse effect when I don't have the energy. "
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" Oh, I'm definitely a wild child. "
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" Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ageing and seem to acquire more charisma and beauty with time. Who wouldn't want to be like them? That's the trick - to embrace the natural progression of life and to be confident. "
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" Mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up. "
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" Whenever I am in Paris, all I want to do is inhale a big plate of cheese. And in New York, my favourite thing is a toasted bagel with cream cheese. Not only do I not avoid carbs, I more or less have them in every meal. When I start denying myself foods, that's when I crave them. "
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" There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.! "
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" On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength. "
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" There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it. "
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