I’m very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.
NICOLE KIDMANTo 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.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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~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.~
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In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
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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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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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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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The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.
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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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I don’t believe in having body doubles for a film.
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I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.
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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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Don’t you worry about a thing, my darling. You live your life.
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Now my ability to notice things and respond to things and be here is far more profound. With that comes happiness, with it comes sadness, but it’s a beautiful life.
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I don’t like changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.
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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 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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