A camera-shy Naomi Watts was seen checking into an upscale hotel in Beverly Hills today (January 29) all while doing her best to avoid the paparazzi.

The NYC resident is in L.A. to chat with a series of media publications. Among the many mags Naomi chatted with? Parade.

In this week’s issue, she opens up about former boyfriend Heath Ledger, who she met doing Ned Kelly, and current love Liev Schreiber, with whom she just welcomed her second son.

Naomi on Heath: “I hadn’t really been that familiar with his work. Then, when I got to the set and did that first scene with him, I was like, ‘Wow! This guy is alive.’ It was just something deep in his eyes. You could look into them, and they would tell a thousand stories in one glance. There was a wonderful mixture of power and fragility at work in everything he did, which just pulls you in. His strength didn’t scare you. It intrigued you. And his fragility touched you.”

Naomi on Liev: “He’s a complicated man, which I’ve always been drawn toward in men. He’s fiercely intelligent.”

Naomi on whether she ever plans to marry: “It’s not like I’ve grown up having this dream of a fairy-tale wedding. My mother married twice and had two divorces. And Liev comes from the same kind of background. Maybe one day we’ll just wake up and go, ‘Hey, let’s do this.’ And maybe not. He and I have a family. We’re very much together. We just don’t have that certificate, and that’s okay with both of us. He gave me a beautiful ring, although I’m not wearing it right now.”

[Flynet]