Quotes By Nicole Kidman

Having gone through all of this, I feel in some ways calmer now. It's strange, but sad. I think I'll always be sad.

I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions, the way in which things are orchestrated, what's been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character.

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

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.

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

You're not anyone in America unless you're on TV.

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 would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun.

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

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

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

Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde.

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it. They said that I couldn't be an actress because I would be taller than all my leading men, so I thought I would be a writer instead.

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

I don't really make decisions, I go with the flow.

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

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

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.

I'm trying to find a man to share my life with, but it's not been easy. I'm a 35-year-old woman with two small children.

To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself and I'm very proud to say that.

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.

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.

You don't have to be naked to be sexy.

They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does. That's what he wants to do, that's what he's going to do. You do not tell Tom what to do. He is a force to be reckoned with.

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.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

I got married really fast and really young.

I have a boy's body. I would prefer to have more curves because I think that's more beautiful. I would much rather have J. Lo's body than mine.