Nicole Kidman Quotes

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.

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

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

My choices in films are spontaneous.

It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.

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

I love lying in darkness.

I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that.

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I do have to say my daughter, Sunday, said to me [I was being] overprotective, so you must have been a fly on the wall.

I didn't really care about my physical health; I only cared about what was on screen.

I love just sitting quietly meditating. With an hour free, it depends. I love getting down on the floor and playing with my kids.

When someone starts talking to me about the truth, what I hear is what they're telling me about themselves.

My personality does well with people who are deemed difficult. I don't know why it does but I just seem to get along with them. The more difficult the better.

I never wore glasses except when I had to read a teleprompter at an awards show or drive, so I didn't notice much. I could exist in my head. It was kind of my escape from the world and my protection.

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

When you know psychologically what [characters] are feeling, then that plays out on how you dress a lot of times.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I'm very medical. I come from a medical family.

I try never to be governed by fear; that's how I choose things.

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.

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.

I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.

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

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

I just feel my way through. If I had to give an acting class, I wouldn't know what to do.

I find trying to solve problems and save lives is far more important than my film career.

Once I start putting all my little insecurities in my mind, I'm not actually acting. Then it's about me - and it should never be about me. It should be about the character.

The thing I'm not good with is mediocrity, when someone isn't really trying to reach something.

I'm not drawn to stories that are just sort of fluffy. I'm just not, and I've tried to, and as a kid I was never drawn to them. I always chose complicated.

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

If I ever feel that this is dangerous or I'm scared of it, then that probably draws me more towards it.

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

I kept looking for happiness, and then I realized: This is it. It's a moment, and it comes, and it goes, and it'll come back again. I yearn for things, but at the same time I'm just peaceful.

I think when you're in a relationship where you really care for the other person, when they achieve their dreams it's better than when you do yourself.

I want to go home at night and feel discomfort.

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

I'm willing to fly close to the flame.

Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.

It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.

My life collapsed. People ran from me because suddenly it was, "Oh my God! It's over for her now!"

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!'