Naomi Watts Quotes
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!
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
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I'm lucky to be getting a lot of good work in Tollywood. And I won't say I'm choosy, but of course, you have to select the best, and I'm trying to grab as many good films as I can. There was a time when I had to let go of some films which I regret now.
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The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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Uchimura is the greatest of all time.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
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I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.
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Seriously, I do a lot of yoga, so I'm in control of my body.
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It's important to study and understand your responsibilities within any profession, but it's particularly important for military officers to read, think, discuss, and write about the problem of war and warfare so they can understand not just the changes in the character of warfare but also the continuities.
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I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.
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During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot.
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Being a woman, an actor in Hollywood, I know that there are certain parts I won't often get a chance to do.
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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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The secret is to cook the aubergines the day before and let them dry of all the oil they drank in cooking. When you cook aubergine, they eat a lot of oil. It can be very heavy.
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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!
