Nicole Kidman Quotes
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I try never to be governed by fear; that's how I choose things.
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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 find standing and posing for photos very awkward.
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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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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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I never like to tell people what they should take.
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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'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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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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The thing I'm not good with is mediocrity, when someone isn't really trying to reach something.
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I do research. I do emotional sort of Method work. Somehow it’s a huge mishmash of things that becomes my own acting process and my own way of navigating through something. But ultimately the desire is to be honest, and for that truth to bleed through into your work and onto the screen.
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It's very easy to fall in love when things are great, but the way to really fall in love is when things aren't great.
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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 think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.
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It's the warmest, loveliest community I've ever set foot in. For me, it's the perfect place to live. It's the best part of America.
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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 love lying in darkness.
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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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As an actor you don't control the end result. Because you're a director, you get to control the end result. I think for us, we really have to show up and participate and give. And then let go.
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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'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'
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There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.
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I think if you have someone to love and someone who loves you, that's the greatest beauty secret.
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I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me.