Nicole Kidman Quotes
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Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.
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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.
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I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that.
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I've always been somebody on a journey of discovery.
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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.
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The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.
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Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.
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Honestly, people have said everything under the sun. I just want to do my work, raise my kids, and hopefully find somebody who I can share my life with again.
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There's no drugs, no Tom in a dress, no psychiatrists.
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You look at somebody's work as an actor and you can see their emotional life being fed into it and you can kind of feel them through it.
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If I ever feel that this is dangerous or I'm scared of it, then that probably draws me more towards it.
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I love acting with very little dialogue. As long as it's supported. I mean, in terms of cinema, you can have a great monologue, but if you're not supported by the images ... You can be feeling things and then you see it back, and you're like, "None of that came across." Or the angle of my face gives it a completely different interpretation than what I was trying to communicate.
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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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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.
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The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.
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I dig my heels in every now and then, and think 'I'm not going to do what's expected or what people think is the right thing.' So I have a little bit of that in my personality.
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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.
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I love that "Big Little Lies" is about women coming together and making something happen very quickly, with friendship being the core of it.
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I find trying to solve problems and save lives is far more important than my film career.
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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.
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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.
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I've just always been interested in how people lead their lives. How they survive in this world. I'm curious about people's damage, and navigating that and the way people forgive. I find it really interesting. That's why we have to transform on a daily basis, work on ourselves. It's work.
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I did try Botox, unfortunately, but I got out of it and now I can finally move my face again.
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As an actor you're only as good as the things you're offered. And there just weren't any female directors offering me things. So when you dissect that, you realize there aren't women offering you things because they don't have the opportunities. I work to raise money for women's cancers; I use my voice for violence against women.