In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
NICOLE KIDMANYou’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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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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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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It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.
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It’s good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
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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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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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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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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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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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It’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.
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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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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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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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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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