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Nate6
08-04-2003, 11:00 AM
Jesus, nine movies in two years? Slow down before you burn out, Naomi!


From the Associated Press:

Naomi Watts Makes 9 Movies in Two Years

SAN FRANCISCO - Naomi Watts is making up for lost time — and on her terms.

The 33-year-old Australian actress has made nine movies in the past two years and has four films in the can, including "21 Grams" opposite Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro, David O. Russell's "I Heart Huckabee's" and "The Assassination of Richard Nixon."

The pace is a far cry from when she struggled in her 20s making small films of varying quality while Nicole Kidman (news), her best friend, ascended the ranks. Then came "Mulholland Drive" and last year's hit thriller "The Ring."

"I think I have better taste now than I did then," Watts told the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday. "I've done movies almost back to back for the past year and a half, and I'm not getting talked into anything for anyone — it has to be my decision.

"That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself."

Bullet Tooth Tony
08-04-2003, 12:14 PM
Shes a great actress and her being a workaholic can only mean good for us fans.

But agreed Nate, she needs to calm down a bit.

PorcheRacer
08-04-2003, 12:33 PM
Colin Farrell is also a workaholic...9 movies coming out this year.

James Logan
08-04-2003, 12:52 PM
I love workaholics. At least they deserve their success, unlike lazy fucks. This news just made me love and respect Naomi even more.

That being said, I don't believe in "burning out"...there just always comes a time when you gotta go. Before that, some stuff works, some doesn't, but it's more a matter of mistakes and/or bad luck than of burning out.

Nate6
08-04-2003, 12:55 PM
I guess I shouldn't have said "burn out." What I meant was that she'd get so tired after these two hectic years that she may get sick of it for a little while. It may be better that she spaces her projects out a little more. But hell, it's her choice, not mine.