Naomi Watts Quotes

A man's heart tells him his opportunities better than seven watchmen on a tower.

You can have the best of intentions and think you're doing the right thing but you fall down when you're going against your own instinct.

There's the chart -- and there's the heart. And it's great when they both line up. But you better follow your heart, 'cause that's where it's at.

My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.

I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.

Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.

We all have our paths in life we are supposed to follow to find who we are supposed to be, but it's not always a straight path. There is something inside of us that guides us, and if you are quiet and listen to it, you'll be all right.

You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your dad, not your friend. You have to take it if you feel it instinctively.

I really only take roles that I love and that I have some kind of innate compulsion or need to tell that story. Although it's almost like I have no control over it. It's like they choose me.

Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.

That's a big thing in my life: going with your gut. If something isn't lighting the fire and making you excited, or if something feels wrong or doesn't agree with you, it should be questioned. It should be talked about.

I try not to be in my head too much, I just try to do what feels right.

Don't follow in my footsteps; follow your heart.

I follow my heart and my instinct about films and people.

At the end of the day, I think people just need to start listening to their hearts and their gut feelings and their dreams, because that's what I did.

Trust your instinct. And if you can't tell what your instinct is telling you, learn how to peel back the noise in your life that is keeping you from hearing it.

When I make decisions based on other circumstances, things don't necessarily go so well. So sometimes, even if something seems commercially tempting, I've learned that if it's not what's in your heart, it's probably not what you should do.

Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition.

I just listened to that inner voice. By the way, it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime

Let passion be your muse. Let her guide and teach you to trust your instincts.

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.

Just do what feels right.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.