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.
NICOLE KIDMANI’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.’
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.
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You don’t have to be naked to be sexy.
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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 was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I’ve always felt is a sign of respect for others.
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Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
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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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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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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’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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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 try never to be governed by fear; that’s how I choose things.
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Men don’t pay you for sex, they pay you to leave after sex.
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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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If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.
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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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The journey of life – we all go through it: You have love, you lose love, you find new love. To have love again is a beautiful thing.
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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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Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
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I don’t really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.
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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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As much as I have films and all that sort of stuff, a lot of my memories are to do with relationships and love.
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In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
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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 think it’s important that we don’t all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything’s fine.
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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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