Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
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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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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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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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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No matter how much you’re going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you.
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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’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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It’s good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
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Breathe and don’t try to be perfect.
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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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The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.
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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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Men don’t pay you for sex, they pay you to leave after sex.
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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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Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that’s happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.
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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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