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Naomi Watts Says Sons Are 'Endlessly Fascinating'

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Likening motherhood to “science fiction,” actress Naomi Watts says she continues to marvel at sons Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pete, 2, and Samuel Kai, 10 months  – and how they came to be.

“I still can’t believe it when I look at my children that they came from one little moment and they’re people,” she admits. “They’re babies and people and they learn and figure out all these things and you go, ‘God, I can’t believe it.’”

To hear the 41-year-old Funny Games star tell it, however, this time is just the quiet before the storm! She jokes,

“They’re so surprising and endlessly fascinating and soon they’re going to have problems. Now they’re just innocent little beings, learning and growing, but soon they’ll be all f–ked up.”

In her new film Mother and Child, Naomi portrays a lawyer who delays starting a family in order to focus on her career. “I can relate to that,” Naomi says. “I think that there have been times, though certainly not lately, as I’ve slowed down a lot.”

Fiancé Liev Schreiber deserves much of the credit for that, Naomi says.

“At the beginning, when things were taking off for me in America, I was on the treadmill and I didn’t want to have a relationship particularly,” she explains. “I wanted to travel a lot. I come from a background, that was not a troubled childhood or anything, but there has been some sadness, perhaps that I didn’t want to face and work seemed like a good option.”

“But now I’ve changed a lot. I’ve slowed down and have a family. When I met Liev things changed.”

Mother and Child debuted at the Toronto Film Festival last month.

Source: The Independent

– Missy

Uma Thurman Calls Moms 'Unsung Heroes'

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Making the film Motherhood was a badge of honor for mom-of-two Uma Thurman. In a new interview, the 39-year-old actress notes that motherhood “is a thing that can be terribly underappreciated,” but at the same time, “people are very willing to heap criticism on mothers.” She adds,

“You don’t hear that much about the successes of mothers. Mothers are unsung heroes, and I do think there is a very beautiful thing in making a movie about a mother.”

Her character in the film is a freelance writer with one day to write a 500 word essay on motherhood, but Uma needs far less for her own definition: “Growing up.” She goes on to note that it’s a concept which has come full circle with Maya Ray, 11, and Levon Roan, 7 ½.

“I started growing up, or at least realized how far I had to go, becoming a mother. And then there’s the beauty of watching them grow up.”

Maya and Levon are Uma’s children with ex-husband Ethan Hawke. Motherhood is in select cities on October 23rd.

Source: The Eagle Tribune

– Missy