You can still fight when someone can't talk.
— Nicole Kidman
I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.
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.
Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.
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.
Not to be too detailed, but I've had an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages and I've had fertility treatments. I've done all the stuff you can possibly do to try get pregnant.
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 got married really fast and really young.
The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go.
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 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.
LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.
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 so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
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.
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.
I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did.
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.
Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.
I'm drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.
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.
I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.
I want to go home at night and feel discomfort.
If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.
Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life.
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.
I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.
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 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.
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'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.
I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are preceving you.
I don't mind being naked.
I was fair-skinned in a country that's about the outdoors.
I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.
I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me.
I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs.
I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.
I want to be in places I've never been before.
I don't really make decisions, I go with the flow.
People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?
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 think that the most difficult thing is allowing yourself to be loved, so receiving the love and feeling like you deserve it is a pretty big struggle. I suppose that's what I've learnt recently, to allow myself to be loved.
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.
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.
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.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
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.'
