I don’t really make decisions, I go with the flow.
NICOLE KIDMANI 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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Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
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My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts.
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Whatever you do in life, don’t give up on your own dreams.
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Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
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Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people’s lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.
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I’m willing to fly close to the flame.
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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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I’m now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.
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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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It’s good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
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Breathe and don’t try to be perfect.
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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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I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.
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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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I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect.
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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 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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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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You can’t find peace by hiding from life.
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If I fall over and make mistakes, I’ll pick myself back up and hope for the best and try to conduct myself with as much authenticity and moral code.
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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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As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That’s where I could go. That was a lot of times [what] saved me.
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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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I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.
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Ultimately, you’re left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.
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I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.
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