Nicole Kidman Quotes

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

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

What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching.

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 not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is".

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.

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!

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

My choices in films are spontaneous.

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

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.

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

Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.