Naomi Watts Quotes

Realizing that my children are the center of the universe and not me is probably one of the greatest ways to acclimatize.

And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.

I think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older.

When I had a kid and I went through my drama and situation, I respected my father more because it kinda made me understand what he went through with me.

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children.

I think part of maturity as an actress comes from their experience in getting married and having children.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

I guess my whole life, as much as I might have wanted a child for the reason that everybody wants one, I always recognized that at no point until I was 50 was I old enough or up to the job. I thought, you know what, I not only really want a child, but at this point, finally in my life, I think I'm up to the job and I'm the type of person who could do the job well and I'm financially prepared to look after a child.

If I was single and did not have kids, I wonder whether if I would try as hard to be patient, to mind how I react to situations. Not saying people who do not have children don't, but in my life and how I fight against doing the things that have positive impact in my life...I think I would find it easier not to practice the principles did I not have children.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

I have a daughter, she's twenty years old.

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.

Maturity implies otherness... The art of living is the art of living with.

I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself as a child, and you empathize with what your parents went through.

I still feel like a kid sometimes myself so hard to believe that I'm a mom. Now I'm an adult! It only took 38 years!

One should mature over 20 years.

I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity.

I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.

I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.

Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old.

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.

Nineteen is as alive as 40-plus. I can vividly remember 19 and how I saw the world.