Nicole Kidman Quotes

Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with

You'll nip anybody who's coming at you with bullshit. You don't play around. You take this craft very seriously. It's what separates you, what separates an actor from an artist.

I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children.

I’m always interested in films that are about extreme subject matters.

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.

I'm not saying it's for everyone, but it's better to be alone than in a lousy relationship.

An actor who's a control freak, that doesn't work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control or dominate.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.

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.

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

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

I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.

Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.

I was fair-skinned in a country that's about the outdoors.

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

The journey of life - we all go through it: You have love, you lose love, you find new love. To have love again is a beautiful thing.

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

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.

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

~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.~

Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.

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

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.

I just feel like I'm in the world right now. There have been times when I haven't felt in the world, when I haven't cared whether I was going to be here or not, so my relationship with being on the earth was probably not as intense. And right now, there's an intensity - I want to be here.

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

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

People say that jealousy is the greatest enemy of love. They’re wrong. The greatest enemy of love is boredom.

Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.

I'm especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women

I wouldn't want to be married to me, but luckily Tom Cruise does.

You have to love, without judgment, every actor that you're working with to make beauty.

Don't you worry about a thing, my darling. You live your life.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of should value life more. It's contrast.

Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we've learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.

If you've got red hair, try washing it in cranberry juice. And, if you're blonde, a champagne rinse can work wonders.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

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.

You start out with big dreams and I mean, big dreams artistically. You want to work with the greatest living directors, make a great movie. I wanted to make a great love story, I wanted to make a great epic and then you realize that the truth of it is that it's so hard to make a great film. It's hard to get a great role. Those big expectations change to realism pretty quickly. But what's never changed is my desire to work with great directors and to find projects that push me out of my comfort zone and keep me alive. I still don't think I've done my best work

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!

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 only knew - inside I'm really frightened!'

There's no drugs, no Tom in a dress, no psychiatrists.

I'm reserved. I'm more of an introvert than an extrovert.

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

I want to be contributing and working with people that I like and love, and this was the perfect combination.

That goes against what I believe morally. That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way.

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

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

I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.