Nicole Kidman Quotes
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The more you love, the more you crave.
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As a producer Big Little Lies is the stories of women that I know, and it was a way in which we could go to other women and say, "Here's a great role. There's five great roles here. They're all complicated. They all deserve to be told, and are you interested?" And that is rare.
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I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It's almost as if you're drawn to it.
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Sometimes as an actor you're struggling to make things work. That was never the case for me with Big Little Lies script. It just kind of flowed out.
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I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.
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I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.
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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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Now I can wear high heels again.
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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.
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I love storytelling. I love stories, and I love the way in which we connect through stories.
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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'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.
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I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are perceiving you.
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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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The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go.
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I'm reserved. I'm more of an introvert than an extrovert.
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Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.
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We worked with Jean-Marc Vallée on Big Little Lies in terms of finding style. Because when you have five women, you're trying to find how they each dress and how they present themselves to the world.
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I always say, when I work with younger actresses, "I'm here." Reese says it, too: "We've lived it. We know things. So if there's anything you want to know." I'm careful not to be the preacher, like, "Now, listen to me!" But I do want to be available. Even in terms of things like finances - where do you learn that, if you don't have people you can ask, "Hey, can I ask you a question?"
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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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Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.
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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.
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I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.
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I don't mind being naked.