If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career. Nicole Kidman More Quotes by Nicole Kidman More Quotes From Nicole Kidman 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-lovepainmean 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 playcharacterideas 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 next-dayjourneyyears I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies. Nicole Kidman butterflycockroachesbody I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world. Nicole Kidman kindnessbelieveart If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion. Nicole Kidman passiondarksides The accumulation of experience gives you a debt in terms of compassion. I am very fortunate, and I feel dedicated to giving back to other women. Wherever I am now, I make sure I visit a women's shelter. But I don't want to do it in a frivolous way. Nicole Kidman dedicatedcompassiongiving 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. Nicole Kidman ask-mefeelslittles As a woman now, I want to share things. I have girlfriends in their twenties, and I say, "Ask me anything. You can learn from the things I did wrong, and you can learn from the things you think I'm doing right. Take whatever you want and make it your own." Nicole Kidman girlfriendsharethinking The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens. Nicole Kidman interestgoes-oninteresting My mother said I was always an intense child, a very sensitive child. So that probably helped the emotions to be very present. I was just a big thinker. I would evaluate and analyze and feel and cry and discuss and be angry. All of those emotions were very surface for me. Nicole Kidman emotionmotherchildren 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. Nicole Kidman twobelievekids 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. Nicole Kidman fantasybookchildren 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 Nicole Kidman creativerunningblood I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive. Nicole Kidman admirertryingpeople 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 girlfrienddaughtermother 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 emotionalactingdesire 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 like exploring life and its complexities. Nicole Kidman exploringcomplexity 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 safetyformsimple
