Nicole Kidman Quotes
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I'm trying to find a man to share my life with, but it's not been easy. I'm a 35-year-old woman with two small children.
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It's my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away.
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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.
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My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It's always been a struggle for me to back off and let my children go through difficult experiences.
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I got married really fast and really young.
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I think love is the core emotion. Without that, and I've certainly existed without that, it's a very empty life.
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I always try to push through fear. I won't be crippled by it. People say, "Oh you take such risks", or "You're brave." And I'm like, 'Well, if you knew - inside I'm really frightened!' But the way people navigate fear and pain is fascinating... The more you feel, the stronger the pain. And the more you engage in life, the more you have to lose.
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As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times what saved me.
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People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?
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I'm interested in going places that I haven't been. And I'm interesting in working with people that I feel are dangerous and sort of push me in different places.
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I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.
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I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.
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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.
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I have always tried to be a woman who protects other women. I have a sister, I have daughters, I have girlfriends, and I was raised by a feminist mother.
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I want to be tested beyond my comfort zone. I don't want to be safe if it is more interesting to be dangerous.
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I don't really make decisions, I go with the flow.
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I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.
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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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Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
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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.
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I didn't do so well in the academic world, so I think the only way I could express myself was through visual art - anything I could get my hands on, whether it was glassblowing, sculpture, painting, or photography. I always wanted to be a painter. Or a farmer.
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As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.
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If you're going to be with someone, you're with them, you're committed to them. I'm not sort of flitting around.
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Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?