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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. "
Naomi Watts
Sure
Worth
Movies
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" Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life. "
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" I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine. "
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Good
" 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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True
" I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia. "
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" I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has a sense of - has a dark side, has a - carries some sort of pain with them. And I find it fun to crack it open and go there. "
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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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" I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore. "
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" There's so much focus on celebrity these days; we're in the Kardashian era, and it's slightly scary. "
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Focus
" 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. "
Naomi Watts
Live
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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. "
Naomi Watts
Act
Closet
Skeletons
" I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more. "
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I Wish
Kids
More
" 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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Art
Think
" It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later! "
Naomi Watts
Me
Hollywood
Myself
" I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28. "
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Silly
Know
Think
" There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising. "
Naomi Watts
Men
Struggle
Family
" You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have. "
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Peace
You
Key
" Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore. "
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Things
Many
Now
" Oh, I'm definitely a wild child. "
Naomi Watts
Child
Wild
Definitely
" I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff. "
Naomi Watts
Like
Me
Myself
" 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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Me
Young
Much
" 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. "
Naomi Watts
I Am
Age
Best
" As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental. "
Naomi Watts
Older
Out
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" There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you. "
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Doing
You
Work
" I'm a tomboy now. I always wanted to fit in with my brother's group, so I climbed trees and played with lead soldiers. But I'm a woman's woman. I never understood women who don't have woman friends. "
Naomi Watts
Trees
Brother
Woman
" I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in. "
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Way
Demons
Person
" 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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Strength
Own
Life
" 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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Women
Interesting
People
" The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up. "
Naomi Watts
Mother
Grow
Girl
" 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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Dark
People
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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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