I’m not sure what the future holds but I do know that I’m going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said ‘Nic, it is what it is, it’s not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.’
NICOLE KIDMANYou’re either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you’re going to be a voyeur. And I’m not a voyeur.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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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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I don’t like changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.
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You’ve got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.
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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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Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we’ve learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.
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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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In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
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It’s very easy for a couple to experience joy together. But when you experience pain together, it can lead to such depth and such union. That is when you fuse.
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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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I think when you’re in a relationship where you really care for the other person, when they achieve their dreams it’s better than when you do yourself.
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It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
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That goes against what I believe morally. That’s adultery, and if I’m accused of that, no, that’s not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn’t happen, and it’s not to be reported that way.
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You can’t find peace by hiding from life.
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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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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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