Nicole Kidman Quotes
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Probably the biggest compliment someone can give you is, "Gosh, you look great. You don't look tired."
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Once I start putting all my little insecurities in my mind, I'm not actually acting. Then it's about me - and it should never be about me. It should be about the character.
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In particular, for my character, Celeste in Big Little Lies, there was a way in which we wanted to present her, because she has sort of barriers that she has to put up for protection because of things that are going on in her life. Yet she wants to be, I suppose, very presentable but neutral.
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Don't you worry about a thing, my darling. You live your life.
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As a woman now, I want to share things. I have girlfriends in their twenties, and I say, "Ask me anything. You can learn from the things I did wrong, and you can learn from the things you think I'm doing right. Take whatever you want and make it your own."
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I’m always interested in films that are about extreme subject matters.
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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.
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You have to love, without judgment, every actor that you're working with to make beauty.
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With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.
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Actors have to protect each other in a way. The idea of humiliating another actor or being humiliated myself is devastating.
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It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.
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Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with.
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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.
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I was fair-skinned in a country that's about the outdoors.
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As a Goodwill Ambassador for UNIFEM, I've learned that violence against women knows no boundaries. Join me in helping women worldwide who have suffered unthinkable violence.
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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.
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For me, my storyline in Big Little Lies is very complicated and nuanced. The script was so beautifully written. It was very, very easy to play. ... I think one of the scenes is almost eight minutes.
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An actor who's a control freak, that doesn't work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control or dominate.
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I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.
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I love just sitting quietly meditating. With an hour free, it depends. I love getting down on the floor and playing with my kids.
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You have to operate from the sense of everything is new and you're starting again.
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If you've got red hair, try washing it in cranberry juice. And, if you're blonde, a champagne rinse can work wonders.
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Now my ability to notice things and respond to things and be here is far more profound. With that comes happiness, with it comes sadness, but it's a beautiful life.
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I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.