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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.

Nicole Kidman

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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Actor Amount Madness People Quite Togetherness Yourself
The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.
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Head Imagination Myself
It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
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Disappear Myself Natural Theatre
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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Book Children Fantasy Life Myself Save
I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.
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Believe Experience Important Movie Myself
I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It’s almost as if you’re drawn to it.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Drawn Passion Work Yourself
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Act Blood Creativity Desire Expression Live Myself Run
You’ve got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Bliss Finding Follow Human Place Yourself
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Children Discussion Mom Myself Person Reality Woman
Even from a very early age, I knew I didn’t want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Age Dangerous Early Missing Myself
Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Children Desire Loss Relationship Strong Yourself
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Butterfly Cover Feeling Myself Plane Road
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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Angel Audition Character Myself Religious
Men don’t pay you for sex, they pay you to leave after sex.
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Man Money Pay Sex Yourself
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Act Association Internet Love Myself
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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Actor Emotion Exploration Live People Play Reason Yourself

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