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.'
Nicole Kidman
You don't have to be naked to be sexy.
LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.
I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.
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.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
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.
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.
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 don't mind being naked.
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 never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.
My choices in films are spontaneous.
You can still fight when someone can't talk.
People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?
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!
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.
I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.
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 don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.
There's no drugs, no Tom in a dress, no psychiatrists.
I'm drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.
I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.
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.
I want to be in places I've never been before.
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.
I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs.
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.
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 refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.
I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.
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'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.
I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care.
I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.
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 don't believe in having body doubles for a film.
I'm a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.
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 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.
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 it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.
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.
Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?
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 working with people who are inspired and obsessive.
My life collapsed. People ran from me because suddenly it was 'Oh my God! It's over for her now!'
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.
