Who are we when we leave our families? Who do we become? What are we capable of? That's … - Naomi Watts

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.

Naomi Watts

Who are we when we leave our families? Who do we become? What are we capable of? That's something that never leaves us. It begins at that point in your life when you leave the nest, and I don't think we stop wanting to explore that question.

Begins, Families, Life, Nests, Our Family, Thinking

Same Author Quotes

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.

Funny, Labels, Left, Self, Sexy, True

I'm not happy unless I've got a little bit of fear going.

Littles, Not Happy, Bits, Fear, Happy, Unless

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.

Exciting, Interesting, Mother, Said, Teenager, Thinking

In your 20s - and these are generalizations of course - I feel like I didn't care about as many things or as many people, or even myself, as much. There's more recklessness and more ruthlessness; you're not as considerate of how things land with other people I think.

Care, Course, Land, Like, People, Thinking

Liev cares about a lot things. Israel is one of them. We had the good fortune of going there a couple of years ago. To share that experience with him was a great pleasure.

Couple, Experience, Good, Israel, Share, Years