Naomi Watts

“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.”

“Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Oh, I'm definitely a wild child.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”