Naomi Watts Quotes

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

It's not just about filming, you go to awards and interviews too. I enjoy all of it, even learning my lines!

I've always loved film, and since I knew I probably couldn't be a cowboy or a spy in real life, I thought I'd play one in a movie! I started doing theater in middle school and tested for 'Victorious' before being in an episode of 'iCarly.'

I've realized what I want to do in life in that I just love being in front of the camera.

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'

I usually hate going around and doing press. It sort of stresses me out.

If someone asked me to be in a movie, I'd be more than happy.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.

The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they?

It's nice because working in England I'm know for working in television and theater when you get a chance to come out, it is quite fun to be out from behind the mask. You need to let people know who you are.

My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'.

I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.

The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.

Me and Cate Blanchett have the same job, technically.

The world that I would want to get into would be acting. In the beginning, I would do stuff as myself if I had the opportunity to host events - host, like, a talk show. Something like that, I think, would be super amazing.

I would love to be in a biopic, but I'm not looking at being a part of Bolywood.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

I would love to work with Julia Roberts at some point.

I've played heavies for years and years and years. I was bald. I came to Hollywood. I did a play about junk. I was a pusher, so I played pushers for years and years and years. I did war movies and things like that.

I always wanted to be in the limelight, and I found I could get it by being on the stage. That was the beginning of everything for me.

I'm most at home on the stage.

I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page.

I loved my time doing 'Private Practice' in Los Angeles, and I was quite challenged and excited to learn about the art of television, but I missed being on the stage.

I think from the time I was a kid I've been an entertainer. I've always had the ability to play characters. When I came to California, I was overwhelmed that you could do this and get paid for it, make a living on it, and be creative within this art form.

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.