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I’m very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.

Nicole Kidman

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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Desperate Feeling Future Myself Positive Wake Up
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
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
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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Feminism Myself Protection Try Woman
You have to operate from the sense of everything is new and you’re starting again.
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Operation Start Yourself
I don’t really make decisions, I go with the flow.
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Decision Flow Myself
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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Connect Expectation Myself Point Strange
That goes against what I believe morally. That’s adultery, and if I’m accused of that, no, that’s not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn’t happen, and it’s not to be reported that way.
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Adult Believe Judgement Moral Myself
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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Love Memories Movie Myself Relationship
It’s good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
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Damage Distance Goodness Love Yourself
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
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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Appreciation Failure Journey Success Yourself
I’d like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I’m willing to go through a lot.
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Willing Wisdom Yourself
I try never to be governed by fear; that’s how I choose things.
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Choice Government Myself Try
Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
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Human Stop Violence Woman
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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Care Fall Family Mom Woman Yourself
It’s so bizarre, I’m not scared of snakes or spiders. But I’m scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
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Myself Scare Snake Spider Weird
Breathe and don’t try to be perfect.
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Breathe One Liner Perfection
The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.
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Head Imagination Myself
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 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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Deserve Difficult Feeling Learning Love Myself Struggle Thinking
You can’t find peace by hiding from life.
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Hide Life Peace Yourself
Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
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Myself Regret
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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Children Discussion Mom Myself Person Reality Woman
I’m interested in going places that I haven’t been. And I’m interesting in working with people that I feel are dangerous and sort of push me in different places.
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Dangerous Different Feeling Interest Myself Place Travel
You don’t have to be naked to be sexy.
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Appearance Naked Sex Yourself
Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.
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Forget Future Live Moments Past Prediction

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