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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

The journey of life – we all go through it: You have love, you lose love, you find new love. To have love again is a beautiful thing.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Beautiful Journey Life Love Yourself
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Choice Experience Life Myself Option Walk
An actor who’s a control freak, that doesn’t work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control or dominate.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Actor Control Domination Ourselves Work
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
It’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Actor Away Commitment Job Myself Run
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 yearn for things, but at the same time I am just peaceful.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Desire Myself Peaceful Time Yearn
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
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!
NICOLE KIDMAN

Myself Scare Snake Spider Weird
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 like exploring life and its complexities.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Complex Exploration Life Myself
Ultimately, you’re left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Fade Love People Yourself
I don’t believe in having body doubles for a film.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Believe Body Movie Myself
If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Darkness Life Passion Side Strength Yourself
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
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.
NICOLE KIDMAN

Willing Wisdom Yourself

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.

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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.

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