Quotes from Nicole Kidman

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

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

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

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.

Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

I like exploring life and its complexities.

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.

I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care.

The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go.

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

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.

You can't find peace by hiding from life

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.

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 drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.

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

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.