Nicole Kidman famous quotes

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Believe #Important #I Believe

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Hate #Likes #About Yourself

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Mistake #Opportunity #Thinking

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Strong #Children #Loss

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Thank You #Mean #Cinema

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Past #Live In The Moment #Forget

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Care #Proud #Sunscreen

Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Boxing #Boxers #Actresses

You're either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you're going to be a voyeur. And I'm not a voyeur.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Walks

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Being Positive #Not Sure

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Thinking #People #Personality

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Emotional #Desire #Acting

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Inspirational #Children #Destiny

When falling in love I think you should say to yourself, ‘I am going to do this fully.’ I love to the fullest extent that I possibly can - and why not?... Maybe this means there is going to be pain, but I am willing to accept the pain.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Falling In Love #Pain #Mean

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Perfect #Trying #Breathe

I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Independent #Decision #Roles

I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Thinking #Important #Fine

It's my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Running #Jobs #Roles

It's good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Distance #Too Much #Damage

I'm now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Giving #Way #Receiving

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Mother #Daughter #Girlfriend

LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Twists #Twists And Turns #Turns

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Want #Beggar

I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Winning #Awards #Musical

I yearn for things, but at the same time I am just peaceful.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Peaceful

Ultimately, you're left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Love You #People #Oblivion

In my heart I'm independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Independent #Heart #Rebel

I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Flaws #Virtue #Humans

I did try Botox, unfortunately, but I got out of it and now I can finally move my face again.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Moving #Trying #Faces

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Journey #Years #Appreciate

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Mother #Daughter #Proud

If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Passion #Dark #Sides

I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Strong #Work Ethic #Taught

Happiness, that's obviously different for everybody, but what I call my joy, the thing that makes me feel incredibly satiated, is my family, and then I get to go and play out all of my ideas and feelings through all these different characters.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Character #Play #Ideas

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Wise #Being Wise #Willing

People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?
-- Nicole Kidman

#People #Want

Whatever you do in life, don't give up on your own dreams.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Dream #Giving Up

I don't like changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Self #Wind

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Happiness #Wisdom #Desire

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Believe #Reality #Giving

To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised - they don’t see you behind closed doors.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Doors #People #Together

I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Zoos #Fun #Children

I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Attention #Fame #Enough

I'm drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Interesting #People #Psychology

What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching.
-- Nicole Kidman

I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Beautiful #Spiritual #Thinking

I think that the most difficult thing is allowing yourself to be loved, so receiving the love and feeling like you deserve it is a pretty big struggle. I suppose that's what I've learnt recently, to allow myself to be loved.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Struggle #Thinking #Feelings

My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Path #Horizon #Actors

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.'
-- Nicole Kidman

#Positive #Break Up #Heartbroken

You don't have to be naked to be sexy.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Tattoo #Sexy #Fashion

Now my ability to notice things and respond to things and be here is far more profound. With that comes happiness, with it comes sadness, but it's a beautiful life.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Beautiful #Sadness #Profound

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Birthday #Missing #Age

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Interesting #People #Different

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Forgiveness #Children #Anger

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Falling In Love #Love You #Bravery

These different people that I play become the loves of my life.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Play #Love Of My Life #People

I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.
-- Nicole Kidman

#People #Inspired #Obsessive

The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Creativity #Salvation

It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
-- Nicole Kidman

#Butterfly #Eerie #Snakes

I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Hug

I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It's almost as if you're drawn to it.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Passion

As much as I have films and all that sort of stuff, a lot of my memories are to do with relationships and love.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Memories #Stuff #And Love

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Simple #Safety #Form

I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Baby #Thinking #Able

I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don't think you ever abandon any of them.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Thinking #Circles #Roles

The more you love, the more you crave.
-- Nicole Kidman

Not to be too detailed, but I've had an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages and I've had fertility treatments. I've done all the stuff you can possibly do to try get pregnant.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Pregnancy #Miscarriage #Trying

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Rights #Violence #Inevitable

One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Rights #Abuse #Suffering

I always try to push through fear.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Trying

The ancient Greeks, poets, authors and philosophers all puzzled over the question but nobody really knows what love is - including me. Longing for another person is an exciting mental experience.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Love #Greek #Philosopher

You've got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Fall #Bliss #Fall Into Place

No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you
-- Nicole Kidman

#Risk #Matter #Helping

You aren't really anybody in America if you're not on TV.
-- Nicole Kidman

#America #Tvs

With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Character #Identity

If I fall over and make mistakes, I'll pick myself back up and hope for the best and try to conduct myself with as much authenticity and moral code.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Mistake #Fall #Trying

Your confidence grows as you get older, particularly when you're in a loving relationship. Everything strengthens.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Grows

Refuse to let your circumstances make you bitter. Do what you must to make them better.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Bitter #Circumstances #Refuse

If you're going to be with someone, you're with them, you're committed to them. I'm not sort of flitting around.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Committed

I like bold directors. I like directors that go against the norm in a way...
-- Nicole Kidman

#Way #Directors #Norm

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.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Believe #Trying #Want

You live a third of your life when you dream. So you may as well live in your dreams – the way you want to be living. The way you want to be.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Dream #May #Want

You want to take some responsibility for you choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Responsibility #Choices #Generations

Divorce is divorce and it's a really tough thing to go through, (But) I'd love to get married again.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Divorce #Tough #Married

I want to be in places I've never been before.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Want

I got married really fast and really young.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Married #Young

The reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can never be the whole truth.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Truth #Night #Reality

I look at everything I’ve done critically - but I think that’s the job of an actor. If you ever sit on your laurels or think that you’re good - in a way, I don’t then think you’re pushing yourself.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Jobs #Thinking #Actors

If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Thinking #Careers #Different

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Girl #Fun #Play

I don't mind being naked.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Mind #Naked

I'd rather walk a tightrope than have my feet on the ground.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Feet #Risk #Walks

I'm reserved. I'm more of an introvert than an extrovert.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Extroverts #Introvert

I think if you have someone to love and someone who loves you, that's the greatest beauty secret.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Love You #Thinking #Secret