Nicole Kidman Quotes
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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.
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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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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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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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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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It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.
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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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Someone has to die in order that the rest of should value life more. It's contrast.
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My choices in films are spontaneous.
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You can't find peace by hiding from life.
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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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I like exploring life and its complexities.
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If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.
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I don't believe in having body doubles for a film.
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I wouldn't want to be married to me, but luckily Tom Cruise does.
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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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I want to be in places I've never been before.
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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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If I was in Sydney, I love the beach. Even though I'm incredibly pale, I put on these terribly long unattractive rashies, and people laugh at me. My kids laugh at me. But that's what I would do.
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Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.
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I think we do need radicals. We need extremists, because that's how change happens.
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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.
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It's taken me 40-something years, but I embrace the curl. My littlest daughter has the same hair. She likes it when my hair is curly, so I wear it for her.
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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.