Naomi WattsQuotes

Naomi Watts
Birthday
September 28th, 1968
From
Shoreham, Kent, England, UK
Actor

The Painted Veil - Insignificance in Relationships

Kitty Fane: No one important, darling.

The Painted Veil - Unforgiven Moments in Personal Reflection

Kitty Fane: There's nothing to forgive.

The Painted Veil - Seeking relief from emotional suffering

Kitty Fane: For God sakes, will you stop punishing me?

The Painted Veil - Expression of Feelings of Uselessness

Kitty Fane: That's exactly what I'm trying to say. I feel useless.

The Painted Veil - Responsibility for Love Lies with the Man

Kitty Fane: If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him... then it's his fault, not hers.

The Painted Veil - The Futility of Effort in Life

Kitty Fane: Does seem silly, really. To put all that effort into... something that's just going to die.

The Painted Veil - Critique of Outdated Marriage Expectations

Kitty Fane: The very idea that a woman should marry any Tom, Dick, or Harry... regardless of her own feelings is simply prehistoric.

The Ring - Understanding Children's Expressions of Emotion

Rachel Keller: Sometimes children yell, or cry … or draw pictures.

The Ring - Desire for Understanding and Recognition

Rachel Keller: She just wanted to be heard.

The Ring - A Mother's Desperate Regret

Rachel Keller: She wanted that child more than anything in the world. How could she have done that?

The Ring - The Final Vision Before Death

Rachel Keller: I think before you die, you see the ring …

While We're Young - Reality Check on Perceived Conspiracies

Cornelia Schrebnick: Josh, you know the world isn't a giant conspiracy against you.

While We're Young - Nostalgia for a Well-Designed Space

Cornelia Schrebnick: It's like their apartment is full of everything we once threw out, but it looks so good the way they have it.

The Ring Two - Confrontation with Samara's Maternal Expectations

Rachel Keller: (To Samara) I'm not your fucking mommy!

The Ring Two - A Mother's Defiant Stand for Her Son

Rachel Keller: You can't have my son.

The Ring Two - Always Open: A Character's Reflection

Rachel Keller: It's always open. Her way out is always open.

The Ring Two - A Promise of Support and Connection

Rachel Keller: (To Aidan) Whenever you feel alone, you just call my name. I'll follow the sound of your voice.

Ned Kelly - Facing Mortality and Resilience

Julia Cook: Don't make me grieve for you
Ned Kelly: I ain't dead yet!

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Self-Respect and the Acting Profession

Lesley: Why don't I have any self-respect?
Laura: You're an actress.

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Tensions Rise Over Publicity Decisions

Jake: [sighs; takes a deep breath, then looks up at Riggan] Thanks for coming out. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Were expecting some great pieces. Guys in publicity now want a Times feature, which is the worst idea right now. What are you doing?
Riggan: [takes down a Birdman poster] I don't want to look at this anymore.
Jake: That was a present from the crew. Don't fuck with those guys. They're union.
Riggan: I don't care.
Jake: How'd it go?
Riggan: Good.
Jake: They talk about Ralph at all? He did it, you know. The motherfucker did it. Threatened to sue us. Didn't even wait to get out of the hospital.
Riggan: What'd you say?
Jake: What did I say?
Riggan: [unable to find a good spot for the poster] Shit. Goddamn it. Where am I gonna put this?
Jake: I said, "You motherfucker, are you threatening me?" I swear to God, I so much as get a letter from a lawyer, then the press is gonna get the pictures off your computer. That's what I said.
Riggan: What pictures?
Jake: He has a thing for nuns in diapers. Why do you care? You shouldn't have any knowledge of that, anyway. The point is, I made it go away.
Riggan: That's right. That's great.
Jake: Yeah, it is fantastic, except one thing.
Riggan: What?
Jake: We don't have an actor.
Riggan: Uh-huh.
Jake: And if we cancel the first preview, the press is gonna smell blood, and we can't afford to lose any more money at all.
Riggan: Okay, what do you think I should do?
Jake: Well, we hired an understudy. Let's use the understudy.
Riggan: No.
Jake: [someone knocks on the door] Riggan, listen to me. Please, for the love of God, listen. Our perfect dream actor is not gonna knock on that door and go, "Hey, fellas, when do I start?" You know?
Lesley: Can I talk to you for a second?
Riggan: Yeah, what's up?
Lesley: Did you find another actor?
Riggan: No.
Lesley: Okay, well, Mike's available.
Riggan: He is?
Lesley: Mm-hmm.
Jake: Mike who?
Riggan: I thought he was doing the thing...
Lesley: He was. He quit...or got fired.
Jake: Mike who?
Riggan: Which is it, Quit or Fired?
Lesley: Well, with Mike, it's usually both.
Jake: Mike fucking who?
Lesley: Shiner.
Jake: YES!
Riggan: Jake.
Jake: Oh my gosh! How do you know Mike Shiner?
Lesley: We share a vagina.
Riggan: You think he'd want to do it?
Lesley: Mm-hmm.
Jake: How do you know?
Lesley: Cause he told me he'd want to do it.
Riggan: Jake, Jake.
Jake: Yes! Yes. Ask me if he sells tickets.
Riggan: Fine, does he sell tickets?
Jake: He sells a shitload of tickets.
Riggan: Okay.
Jake: Now ask me if the theater critics love him.
Riggan: Do theater critics love him?
Jake: They want to spooge on him.
Riggan: [to Jake, offended] Hey.
Jake: Lesley.
Lesley: Right on his face.
Jake: Everything for a reason, right?
Riggan: You think he'd come in this evening?
Lesley: I'll call him and find out.
Jake: [kisses Lesley; whispering; walks downstairs] I'll call his agent. Oh, baby. Amazing, amazing. Annie? Clear the theater, send everyone to dinner and give me some lights. We got a put-in tonight.
Annie: Who?
Jake: You'll find out.

Insurgent - The Burden of Difficult Choices

Evelyn Johnson-Eaton: I know you wish there was another way. But there isn't. I'm the lesser of two evils, is that it?

Insurgent - A Question of Care and Responsibility

Evelyn Johnson-Eaton: You want to tuck him in, or should I?

Insurgent - Unity in Divergence and Factionlessness

Evelyn Johnson-Eaton: We're on the same side, Tris. I'm factionless because I don't fit in any one faction. And you're Divergent because you belong to too many. But we are both a threat to Jeanine. My people are ready for war if that's what it takes.

The Impossible - A Doctor's Shift in Responsibilities

Bellhop: And you, you don't work?
Maria Bennett: I'm a doctor. I'm not practicing right now. Just taking care of the kids.
Bellhop: I see, you got promoted.

The Impossible - Encouraging Action and Helping Others

Maria Bennett: [at the hospital] Lucas, look at this place. They're so busy in here. You get to go and do something. Go help people. You're good at it.

21 Grams - Desperate Grief and Vengeful Rage

Cristina Peck: Katie could have lived. She'd be alive right now but that bastard left her there. Laying in the street. He left the three of them like animals. He didn't care. She could be here with me. That son of a bitch is walking the streets, and I can't even go into their room. I wanna kill him. I'm gonna kill Jack Jordan. I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch.
Paul Rivers: Slow down, just slow down.
Cristina Peck: Slow down. Slow down. While I what, huh? While I what?
Paul Rivers: Take it easy.
Cristina Peck: Take it easy? My husband and my little girls are dead, and I'm supposed to take it fucking easy? I can't just go on with my life! I am paralyzed here! I am a fucking amputee! Do you see that? Who are you? You owe it to Michael. No, you've got his heart. You're in house fucking his wife! And sitting in his chair! We have to kill him!
Paul Rivers: Not like this.
Cristina Peck: Then how? Tell me how! Katie died with red shoelaces on. She hated red shoelaces. And she kept asking me to get her some blue ones. And I never got her the blue ones. She was wearing those fucking red shoelaces when she was killed!

21 Grams - Understanding Emotional Boundaries in Relationships

Cristina Peck: You can't just walk up to a woman you barely know and tell her you like her. You don't know what she's going through.*

21 Grams - 21 Grams - Cristina Peck

Cristina Peck: I haven't spoken to anyone in months.*

21 Grams - The Consequences of Seeking the Truth

Cristina Peck: Whoever looks for the truth deserves punishment for finding it.

21 Grams - The Irreversibility of Loss

Cristina Peck: Nothing I can do is going to bring them back.

21 Grams - The Challenge of Moving On After Loss

Cristina Peck: You know what I thought when mom died? I couldn't understand how you could talk to people again, how you could laugh... again. I couldn't understand how you could play with us. And no, no that's a lie, life does not just go on.

King Kong - Appreciating Beauty in the Moment

Ann Darrow: It's beautiful. Beautiful. Beau-ti-ful.

King Kong - A Moment of Peace in Nature

Ann Darrow: Ahh... everything is so peaceful here.

King Kong - The Role of Laughter in Performance

Ann Darrow: I make people laugh, that's what I do. So... good luck with your picture.

King Kong - The Impermanence of Good Things

Ann Darrow: Good things never last, Mr. Denham.