Nicole Kidman Quotes

I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.

I want to go home at night and feel discomfort.

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

Now I can wear heels. (on divorcing Tom Cruise)

Cinema is a director's medium, so you're saying, 'What do you want?' Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally. If that means you have to look great for it and they can make you look great, then thank you. And if you have to have everything washed away, then I'm willing to do that too.

I'm drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.

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.

I'm now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.

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.

I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions, the way in which things are orchestrated, what's been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character.

You start out with big dreams and I mean, big dreams artistically. You want to work with the greatest living directors, make a great movie. I wanted to make a great love story, I wanted to make a great epic and then you realize that the truth of it is that it's so hard to make a great film. It's hard to get a great role. Those big expectations change to realism pretty quickly. But what's never changed is my desire to work with great directors and to find projects that push me out of my comfort zone and keep me alive. I still don't think I've done my best work

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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.

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.

People say that jealousy is the greatest enemy of love. They're wrong. The greatest enemy of love is boredom.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

You can't find peace by hiding from life

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!

Refuse to let your circumstances make you bitter. Do what you must to make them better.

I look at everything I've done critically - but I think that's the job of an actor. If you ever sit on your laurels or think that you're good - in a way, I don't then think you're pushing yourself.

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.'

I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.

I don't believe in having body doubles for a film.

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.

I never wore glasses except when I had to read a teleprompter at an awards show or drive, so I didn't notice much. I could exist in my head. It was kind of my escape from the world and my protection.

I'm always interested in films that are about extreme subject matters.

You're not anyone in America unless you're on TV.

It's strange, but sad. I think I'll always be sad.

You have to love, without judgment, every actor that you're working with to make beauty.

I'm willing to fly close to the flame.

People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?

They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does. That's what he wants to do, that's what he's going to do. You do not tell Tom what to do. He is a force to be reckoned with.

I want to be in places I've never been before.

As long as I've given something the best I can, have really committed, everything else is up to God.

Ultimately, you're left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.

Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.

I am very shy - really shy - I even had a stutter as a kid, which I slowly got over, but I still regress into that shyness. So I don't like walking into a crowded restaurant by myself; I don't like going to a party by myself.

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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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.

The ancient Greeks, poets, authors and philosophers all puzzled over the question but nobody really knows what love is - including me. Longing for another person is an exciting mental experience.

I love lying in darkness.

If you've got red hair, try washing it in cranberry juice. And, if you're blonde, a champagne rinse can work wonders.

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.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

The more you love, the more you crave.

As an actor you don't control the end result. Because you're a director, you get to control the end result. I think for us, we really have to show up and participate and give. And then let go.

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

Not to be too detailed, but I've had an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages and I've had fertility treatments. I've done all the stuff you can possibly do to try get pregnant.

I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me.

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

I was told I had a two per cent chance of getting pregnant, so I say she's a two per cent baby.

I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It's almost as if you're drawn to it.

You'll nip anybody who's coming at you with bullshit. You don't play around. You take this craft very seriously. It's what separates you, what separates an actor from an artist.

I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

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.

I have a boy's body. I would prefer to have more curves because I think that's more beautiful. I would much rather have J. Lo's body than mine.

They give us access to another world, they give us access to dreams. It's our way of living in a different realm for a short period of time - and how beautiful is that?

Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.

You don't have to be naked to be sexy.

I got married really fast and really young.

My life collapsed. People ran from me because suddenly it was 'Oh my God! It's over for her now!'

And I am standing in front of my mother, and my whole life I have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I'm going to make my daughter proud.

I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.

It's very easy to fall in love when things are great, but the way to really fall in love is when things aren't great.

You aren't really anybody in America if you're not on TV.

I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.

I do believe there is enormous possibility to change this world.

The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.

I think love is the core emotion. Without that, and I've certainly existed without that, it's a very empty life.

Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life.

Actors have to protect each other in a way. The idea of humiliating another actor or being humiliated myself is devastating.

I'm reserved. I'm more of an introvert than an extrovert.

LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.

I'm spontaneous. I jump in. I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it's a more natural process.

It's the warmest, loveliest community I've ever set foot in. For me, it's the perfect place to live. It's the best part of America.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Now I can wear high heels again.

If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.

I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I spent so many years blurry, but I think that coincides with how I was feeling. Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile right back if someone waves, which helps.

I kept looking for happiness, and then I realized: This is it. It's a moment, and it comes, and it goes, and it'll come back again. I yearn for things, but at the same time I'm just peaceful.

I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies.

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.

I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs.

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.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

These different people that I play become the loves of my life.

I think that divorce is hard for anyone. It's a nightmare - it just is - and you can pretend you're fine. And [there are] days you're great [and] days you're not great.

I'm not drawn to stories that are just sort of fluffy. I'm just not, and I've tried to, and as a kid I was never drawn to them. I always chose complicated.

There's just something about women and shoes, it's the luxury, it's the femininity and it's the attention to detail. You can put a lot of work into your dress but if you have the right shoe and bag then you feel good.

Deep down am I superstitious? No. Do I believe in trying to be as kind as possible and as compassionate as possible because ultimately you're alone with yourself and your own conscience, and you want that to be as clear as possible? That's not superstition. You have to just try and stay pure and know what you value.

My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it. They said that I couldn't be an actress because I would be taller than all my leading men, so I thought I would be a writer instead.

Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.

I'd rather walk a tightrope than have my feet on the ground.