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.
NICOLE KIDMANI’m now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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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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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’m very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.
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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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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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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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I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.
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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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Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with.
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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 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.’
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I have always tried to be a woman who protects other women. I have a sister, I have daughters, I have girlfriends, and I was raised by a feminist mother.
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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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Whatever you do in life, don’t give up on your own dreams.
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Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can’t stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I’m actually a natural blonde.
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I don’t really make decisions, I go with the flow.
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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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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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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 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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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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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’ll put it out there: I love getting hugs.
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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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