I’m very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.
NICOLE KIDMANThe things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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I’m a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.
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I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.
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I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it’s all very upfront. I can’t hide it. I’m also loyal and I hope I’m fun.
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I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It’s almost as if you’re drawn to it.
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No matter how much you’re going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you.
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To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised – they don’t see you behind closed doors.
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~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It’s always been a struggle for me to back off and let my children go through difficult experiences.~
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I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.
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It’s so bizarre, I’m not scared of snakes or spiders. But I’m scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
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I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don’t think you ever abandon any of them.
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I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn’t get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn’t get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.
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Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I’m very medical. I come from a medical family.
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I’m a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I’m a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I’m betraying myself and my children.
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Whatever you do in life, don’t give up on your own dreams.
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People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we’re all going to die, so how do you want to live?
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It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.
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It’s good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
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Now my ability to notice things and respond to things and be here is far more profound. With that comes happiness, with it comes sadness, but it’s a beautiful life.
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I dig my heels in every now and then, and think ‘I’m not going to do what’s expected or what people think is the right thing.’ So I have a little bit of that in my personality.
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I think that the most difficult thing is allowing yourself to be loved, so receiving the love and feeling like you deserve it is a pretty big struggle. I suppose that’s what I’ve learnt recently, to allow myself to be loved.
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I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.
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Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that’s happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.
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An actor who’s a control freak, that doesn’t work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control or dominate.
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It’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.
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Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
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I try never to be governed by fear; that’s how I choose things.
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