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" 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. "

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" Honestly, people have said everything under the sun. I just want to do my work, raise my kids, and hopefully find somebody who I can share my life with again. "

Nicole Kidman

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" I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter. "

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

Nicole Kidman

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" 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.' "

" I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career. "

" My choices in films are spontaneous. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot. "

" 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! "

" I have a little bit of a belly, a tiny bit of pooch. It's the one thing I don't want to lose. I just like having some softness. If I lose that, then Tom might leave me. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't believe in having body doubles for a film. "

" 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. "

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

Nicole Kidman

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

" I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much. "

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

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

" 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. "