Hollywood actress Naomi Watts, who was recently the most bankable female star in the industry said that it was after falling in love with her partner actor Liev Schreiber she understood the essence of family.

The 41-year-old actress - who has sons Alexander, two, and 10-month-old Samuel with actor and director Schreiber – is making the most of her kids' "innocent" years because she thinks they'll be troublesome in the future.

The blonde beauty also revealed that she was unsure she wanted children when she first started out as an actress and didn't change her mind until she fell in love with Schreiber.

"Certainly, 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. I come from a background where work seemed like a good option. But now I've changed a lot. I've slowed down and have a family now. When I met Liev, things changed," Watts said.

Talking about her kids, the actress said, "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 changed."