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I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.

Nicole Kidman

I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Connect Expectation Myself Point Strange
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Angel Audition Character Myself Religious
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 KIDMAN

Book Children Fantasy Life Myself Save
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
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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Angry Description Emotion Fun Hope Important Myself Upset
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
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
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 KIDMAN

Desperate Feeling Future Myself Positive Wake Up
I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Art Believe Compassionate Kindness Love Myself World
I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Believe Experience Important Movie Myself
The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Flaw Hate Self Love Value Yourself
I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Compassionate Desire Judgement Myself View
I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I’ve always felt is a sign of respect for others.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Feeling Myself Punctual Respect Sign Teaching
Breathe and don’t try to be perfect.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Breathe One Liner Perfection
As much as I have films and all that sort of stuff, a lot of my memories are to do with relationships and love.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Love Memories Movie Myself Relationship
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Fair Myself Skin Stay Sun

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