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.
NICOLE KIDMANIt’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.
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I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don’t like the feel of butterflies’ bodies.
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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 love acting but I don’t like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are perceiving you.
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If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.
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To appreciate the success you have to have had the failures. You have to accept that it is a journey and its not just tomorrow or the next day or next year.
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I’m willing to fly close to the flame.
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I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.
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There’s something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There’s something very there’s safety in that.
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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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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’m not sure what the future holds but I do know that I’m going to be positive.
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Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.
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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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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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