Naomi Watts Net Worth

Naomi Watts's Quotes

• 'Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. It's not enough to have lived it once; you have to relive it. Darkness is not a pejorative thing."
• "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" - on her early career.
• 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!
• 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 find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.

Interesting Facts about Naomi Watts

1. Daughter of Peter Watts, road manager for Pink Floyd until 1974.
2. Best friends with Nicole Kidman, since a casting call for a commercial when they were girls.
3. Moved to Australia when she was 14. Her maternal grandmother is Australian.
4. She once appeared in an Australian television commercial turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mum's lamb roast.
5. Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
6. Her brother, Ben Watts, is a well-known photographer. He's been living in the US since 1994.
7. Featured on the cover of the Australian Empire Magazine March 2003 for Women of the Year 2002.
8. Voted the 14th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
9. When her cell phone sounds, it plays Pink Floyd's "Money".
10. Accepted the role for 21 Grams (2003) without reading the script first.
11. She has a Yorkshire terrier named Bob.
12. Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore.
13. Moved in with best friend Nicole Kidman after Kidman spilt up from husband Tom Cruise.
14. Director David Lynch asked her to be in the movie Mulholland Drive (2001) after picking out her headshot from a stack of actors.
15. Claims she wanted to become an actor after seeing the movie Fame (1980).
16. Spent some of her early childhood in Anglesey, Wales, where her mother is from.
17. Starred in and produced 2001's Ellie Parker (2001), which was made into a kind of cult classic about a struggling actress in Hollywood and the nightmares she encountered. The movie resurfaced in 2005 at the SunDance Film Festival and is set to be re-released in December of 2005.
18. Ranked #76 on Forbes 2005 Power in Entertainment List.
19. Had a horrific fall on the New Zealand set of King Kong (2005). She fell from a height into a ditch, to the shock of the cast and crew. She thanked her rigorous practice of yoga for saving her from any permanent damage.
20. Parents: Peter Watts and Myfanwy (Miv) Watts.