Naomi Watts Opens Up In October Issue Of More Magazine

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Naomi Watts looks amazing on the October cover of More magazine!

The 42-year-old beauty (yes, she’s 42!) looks nearly flawless on the cover.

As for the interview, Watts opens up about Heath Ledger, talks about her famous dad, her family, her love life, and so much more.

Check out a few of the highlights below:

On Heath Ledger:
“We had a beautiful relationship, only a couple of years, but he was a man who was completely full of joy, and there was a lot of laughing and affection. He was really a very special soul and made a great impact on my life. And a great actor, but I know there was so much more to come. And it’s a tragedy for his little daughter.”

On how she wooed Liv Schreiber at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual costume ball:
“I was wearing Calvin Klein, a very flirty, feminine dress,” she says. Sparks flew and, free from earlier entanglements, the two exchanged numbers before she went back to Los Angeles. “We spoke on the phone for several weeks and emailed,” says Watts, “and then I made up some excuse to come to New York and the rest is history.”

On her friendship with Nicole Kidman, who encouraged Watts to be persistent and believe in herself:
“We’ve seen each other go through a lot, and we’ve both consistently been there for each other,” says Watts. “She’s been a great friend and an inspiration.”

And for even more amazing quotes from Watts, check those out after the jump!

On Heath Ledger: “We had a beautiful relationship, only a couple of years, but he was a man who was completely full of joy, and there was a lot of laughing and affection. He was really a very special soul and made a great impact on my life. And a great actor, but I know there was so much more to come. And it’s a tragedy for his little daughter.”

On her father and his death: “Not knowing my father (Peter Watts, a sound engineer and road
manager for the rock group Pink Floyd), always made me feel like a piece of myself was missing or unknown,” she says. “Not reachable. And growing up, there was this wondering what he would think of me or what I would think of him.”

On how her father’s death has changed her as a mother: She says she was troubled by questions:What would they have done together? Would he have been proud of her? It’s important to her that her own children never come up empty when asking the same. “I want them to feel connected to me and me to them. Always,” she writes. “I want them, above all, to feel sure of who they are. That they are safe in the world. And confident and happy people. And of course, connected. To their parents, their friends, their family, the world and themselves. This is the most important goal/dream in my life. Everything else is gravy.”

On how she wooed Liv Schreiber at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual costume ball: “I was wearing Calvin Klein, a very flirty, feminine dress,” she says. Sparks flew and, free from earlier entanglements, the two exchanged numbers before she went back to Los Angeles. “We spoke on the phone for several weeks and emailed,” says Watts, “and then I made up some excuse to come to New York and the rest is history.”

On her friendship with Nicole Kidman, who encouraged Watts to be persistent and believe in herself: “We’ve seen each other go through a lot, and we’ve both consistently been there for each other,” says Watts. “She’s been a great friend and an inspiration.”

On picking her roles and her desire for future roles: “I choose to be in movies that I’d want to see.” The new Dream House is a character driven thriller. In J. Edgar, Watts plays Leonardo DiCaprio’s loyal secretary. “I’d like to do something lighter,” Watts says. “It’s not that I have an aversion to comedy”—she elicited some chuckles in 2004’s I <3 Huckabees and 2010’s You Will Meet a Talk Dark Stranger—“but I don’t think I’m the first choice. I think people have seen me suffer too much onscreen.”

On Clint Eastwood who she admires: “I’m all about the older guys,” Watts says, referring to Director Jim Sheridan, 62, and Clint Eastwood, 81. “They know what they’re doing, what they want and they’ve got a life to live.” She marvels that Eastwood, no matter how complicated his shots, never went over a 12-hour day. “The first day, I went on the set and he said, ‘Let’s give it a go,’ and I thought he meant rehearsing,” she says. Only later did Watts discover the camera had been rolling. “I didn’t even have a chance to be nervous,” she says.

On why she is glad she waited on motherhood: “I think I’m a better parent. I had a lot I wanted to do when I was younger, and perhaps I wouldn’t have been as focused; I got a lot out of the way in terms of my own dreams.”

On why she thinks it’s a blessing she didn’t achieve fame earlier: “I didn’t know who I was back then. I think I would have been led in the wrong directions,” she says. “I would have been all too seductive.”

On moving to Australia with her family when she was 14: “It was culture shock,” says Watts, who went from attending an English school with a conservative dress code to one in Sydney where her classmates rocked outré hairstyles and itsy-bitsy skirts. “But in retrospect it was the best thing Mum ever did. I loved it.”

On regretting quitting high school: When she was 17 to get on with her acting career, “I told my mum, ‘I’m done with my education,’” says Watts, who now wishes her mother had put up more of a fight. “I’d never let my children do that!”

On truly being content: “I have everything I need. I just want to keep healthy and happy”—she pauses and laughing, adds, “and world peace.”

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