Naomi Watts on taking risks: ‘It’s good to be a bit reckless’

Mark Abrahams/More magazine Naomi Watts discusses taking risks on and offscreen in her interview with More magazine.

Naomi Watts is often admired as one of Hollywood’s largest risk takers — but the actress doesn’t view herself that way.

The movie star opened up about her life off and onscreen in a cover report for the October issue of More magazine.

The Oscar nominee, who is known for choosing eclectic and adventurous movie roles, including parts in upcoming films “St. Vincent” and “Birdman” out this fall, revealed that while others might think of her as a risk taker, she doesn’t always “feel like a person who’s full of courage.”

“Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life,” she added.

But Watts did admit that moving to Hollywood at age 25 was “a bit reckless and a gigantic risk.”

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Naomi Watts stars in two films being released next month: ‘St. Vincent’ and ‘Birdman.’

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‘Now that I have kids, I don’t want to do so many daredevily things anymore,’ Watts said.

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“Thankfully, I was young and naive enough just to do it,” she said. “As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It’s good to be a bit reckless and experimental.”

One foremost risk the 45-year-ancient undertook was portraying the late Princess Diana on the big screen. The 2013 biopic flopped at the box office and received negative reviews, and Watts said that it was a challenge to play a real person that was internationally well-known.

“We all know I’m not 5-10 or have any resembling features of hers except blue eyes, and I don’t speak like her. It was going to be hard. People knew her too well or felt like they owned her. I was up against that.”

As for her personal life, Watts said she no longer indulges in risky adventures such as skydiving and swimming with sharks, because of her children: Alexander, 7, and Samuel, 5, with longtime partner Liev Schreiber.

Mark Abrahams/More magazine Naomi Watts graces the cover of More Magazine’s Oct. issue.

“Now that I have kids, I don’t want to do so many daredevily things anymore,” the actress said, echoing her pal Nicole Kidman, who recently shared similar sentiments in
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