--- title: Quick Talk With Naomi Watts description: The Australian actor is having a megawatt summer starring as two suburban moms: a therapist who secretly befriends people in her patients' lives in the... canonical: https://time.com/4838709/naomi-watts-quick-talk/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-29T11:13:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:22:46.525Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Quick Talk With Naomi Watts og:description: The Australian actor is having a megawatt summer starring as two suburban moms: a therapist who secretly befriends people in her patients' lives in the... og:url: https://time.com/4838709/naomi-watts-quick-talk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31d48e5bcb8c3c80/6988d3cf8fd2eec58e357c5d/naomi-watts.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: naomi-watts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Quick Talk With Naomi Watts twitter:description: The Australian actor is having a megawatt summer starring as two suburban moms: a therapist who secretly befriends people in her patients' lives in the... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31d48e5bcb8c3c80/6988d3cf8fd2eec58e357c5d/naomi-watts.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Quick Talk With Naomi Watts  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 29, 2017 11:13 AM UTC  Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 29, 2017 11:13 AM UTC _The Australian actor is having a megawatt summer starring as two suburban moms: a therapist who secretly befriends people in her patients’ lives in the Netflix thriller_ Gypsy _(June 30) and one who owes some bad men money in_ Twin Peaks_._ **Why do you think your character in** **_Gypsy_** **makes contact with people in her patients’ lives?** It’s not ill-intentioned. She’s exploring her identity. Everything about her life on paper looks great. But she has a wilder side she shut the door on long ago. We all fantasize about escaping to another life. **Do you dream of living another life?** I grew up uncomfortable in my own skin, probably because we moved around so much. I was always trying to reshape my identity to fit in. I think in your 40s those questions come up again: “Who am I? Who should I be?” **What do you think of the portrayal of female desire in the show?** Just because we’re 40 doesn’t mean we stop having fantasies. There’s not enough of that onscreen. Sam Taylor-Johnson \[who directed _Fifty Shades of Grey_\] has a really erotic and provocative visual sensibility, and she brought that to the direction of _Gypsy_. **Your character’s daughter Dolly has a fluid gender identity. What can we learn from her story?** Dolly is accepting of herself. She likes to play with boys and dress like a boy, and we don’t yet know how she identifies. It’s more about the labels society puts on her. **What’s director David Lynch like on the set of** **_Twin Peaks_** **?** He’s in it with you. Once he was on his megaphone calling out in the midst of a scene, “Go get ’em, Naomi! Twist their balls off!” But when you ask questions, he doesn’t give you answers. He wants to maintain the mystery even for us. I love it. 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