Nicole Kidman Quotes
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I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.
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I try never to be governed by fear; that's how I choose things.
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I was told I had a two per cent chance of getting pregnant, so I say she's a two per cent baby.
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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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There are moments when you feel as if you have been blessed for a while, moments when you think this is perfect, moments when you start to believe that even for an hour, even for a year, it might all happen. So I'm determined to keep making it get better and better.
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Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
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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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It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.
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My life collapsed. People ran from me because suddenly it was, "Oh my God! It's over for her now!"
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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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I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.
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You've got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.
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I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.
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I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.
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If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.
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I'm not saying it's for everyone, but it's better to be alone than in a lousy relationship.
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You can ask me pretty much anything. There'll be things I'll go, 'That feels a little too personal.' But most things I don't have a fear of being asked about.
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When you know psychologically what characters are feeling, then that plays out on how you dress a lot of times.
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I have a little bit of a belly, a tiny bit of pooch. It's the one thing I don't want to lose. I just like having some softness. If I lose that, then Tom might leave me.
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Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.
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I don't really make decisions, I go with the flow.
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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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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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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.