~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It’s always been a struggle for me to back off and let my children go through difficult experiences.~
NICOLE KIDMANIt was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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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 don’t believe in having body doubles for a film.
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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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Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that’s happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.
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I don’t really make decisions, I go with the flow.
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Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
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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 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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Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we’ve learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.
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I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.
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The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.
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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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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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Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.
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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’m willing to fly close to the flame.
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I don’t really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.
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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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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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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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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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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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People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we’re all going to die, so how do you want to live?
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It’s very easy for a couple to experience joy together. But when you experience pain together, it can lead to such depth and such union. That is when you fuse.
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You’re either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you’re going to be a voyeur. And I’m not a voyeur.
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