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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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" 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'! "

Naomi Watts

Man

Woman

You

" 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

Hollywood

Myself

" 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. "

" Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Naomi Watts

Work

Way

" As much as my kids keep me young, they also have the reverse effect when I don't have the energy. "

Naomi Watts

Young

Much

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental. "

" When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali on the way through. "

" 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. "

Naomi Watts

Way

Time

" I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine. "

" 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. "

" You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have. "

" Oh, I'm definitely a wild child. "

" 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. "

" Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. "

" 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. "

" I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more. "

Naomi Watts

I Wish

Kids

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

Naomi Watts

Anonymous

Dark

" Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life. "

Naomi Watts

Life

My Life

" 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. "

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

" The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up. "

" There's so much focus on celebrity these days; we're in the Kardashian era, and it's slightly scary. "

" 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. "

" I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28. "

" 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. "