I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don’t think you ever abandon any of them.
NICOLE KIDMANIt’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.
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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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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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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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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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I’m very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.
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You can ask me pretty much anything. There’ll be things I’ll go, ‘That feels a little too personal.’ But most things I don’t have a fear of being asked about.
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I yearn for things, but at the same time I am just peaceful.
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My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts.
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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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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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In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
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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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I’m a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.
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Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
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