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 KIDMANAs a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That’s where I could go. That was a lot of times [what] saved me.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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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’ll put it out there: I love getting hugs.
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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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You’ve got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.
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I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.
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In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
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It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
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You don’t have to be naked to be sexy.
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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.
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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.
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I dig my heels in every now and then, and think ‘I’m not going to do what’s expected or what people think is the right thing.’ So I have a little bit of that in my personality.
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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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There’s something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There’s something very there’s safety in that.
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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 find standing and posing for photos very awkward.
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