It’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.
NICOLE KIDMANI’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 would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it’s all very upfront. I can’t hide it. I’m also loyal and I hope I’m fun.
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Men don’t pay you for sex, they pay you to leave after sex.
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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.’
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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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As 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.
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~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It’s always been a struggle for me to back off and let my children go through difficult experiences.~
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Ultimately, you’re left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.
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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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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 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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If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.
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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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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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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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