Top 160 Nicole Kidman Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Whatever you do in life, don’t give up on your own dreams.”

— Nicole Kidman

2. “Breathe and don’t try to be perfect.”

— Nicole Kidman

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3. “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

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4. “I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I’ve always felt is a sign of respect for others.”

— Nicole Kidman

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

— Nicole Kidman

6. “LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.”

— Nicole Kidman

7. “I want to be tested beyond my comfort zone. I don’t want to be safe if it is more interesting to be dangerous.”

— Nicole Kidman

8. “In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.”

— Nicole Kidman

9. “You don’t have to be naked to be sexy.”

— Nicole Kidman

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10. “It’s the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.”

— Nicole Kidman

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11. “Men don’t pay you for sex, they pay you to leave after sex.”

— Nicole Kidman

12. “I’m not sure what the future holds but I do know that I’m going to be positive.”

— Nicole Kidman

13. “I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It’s important not to focus on yourself too much.”

— Nicole Kidman

14. “Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.”

— Nicole Kidman

15. “People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we’re all going to die, so how do you want to live?”

— Nicole Kidman

16. “I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.”

— Nicole Kidman

17. “Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that’s happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.”

— Nicole Kidman

18. “Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.”

— Nicole Kidman

19. “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.”

— Nicole Kidman

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20. “I kept looking for happiness, and then I realized: This is it. It’s a moment, and it comes, and it goes, and it’ll come back again. I yearn for things, but at the same time I’m just peaceful.”

— Nicole Kidman

21. “The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens...”

— Nicole Kidman

22. “I always try to push through fear.”

— Nicole Kidman

23. “Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.”

— Nicole Kidman

24. “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.”

— Nicole Kidman

25. “Ultimately, you’re left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.”

— Nicole Kidman

26. “Don’t worry about something going away; enjoy it while it’s happening. And don’t worry about something that’s not even real.”

— Nicole Kidman

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27. “I’m reserved. I’m more of an introvert than an extrovert.”

— Nicole Kidman

28. “If I fall over and make mistakes, I’ll pick myself back up and hope for the best and try to conduct myself with as much authenticity and moral code.”

— Nicole Kidman

29. “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.”

— Nicole Kidman

30. “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.”

— Nicole Kidman

31. “There’s no drugs, no Tom in a dress, no psychiatrists.”

— Nicole Kidman

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

— Nicole Kidman

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33. “People say that jealousy is the greatest enemy of love. They’re wrong. The greatest enemy of love is boredom.”

— Nicole Kidman

34. “Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It’s something quite magical.”

— Nicole Kidman

35. “Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with.”

— Nicole Kidman

36. “I’m interested in going places that I haven’t been. And I’m interesting in working with people that I feel are dangerous and sort of push me in different places.”

— Nicole Kidman

37. “You’re not anyone in America unless you’re on TV.”

— Nicole Kidman

38. “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!”

— Nicole Kidman

39. “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.”

— Nicole Kidman

40. “I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.”

— Nicole Kidman

41. “It’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.”

— Nicole Kidman

42. “You have to love, without judgment, every actor that you’re working with to make beauty.”

— Nicole Kidman

43. “The reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can never be the whole truth.”

— Nicole Kidman

44. “And I am standing in front of my mother, and my whole life I have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I’m going to make my daughter proud.”

— Nicole Kidman

45. “It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.”

— Nicole Kidman

46. “Well, I can wear heels now.”

— Nicole Kidman

47. “I just want to be nominated; beggars can’t be choosers.”

— Nicole Kidman

48. “I dig my heels in every now and then, and think ‘I’m not going to do what’s expected or what people think is the right thing.’ So I have a little bit of that in my personality.”

— Nicole Kidman

49. “Someone has to die in order that the rest of should value life more. It’s contrast.”

— Nicole Kidman

50. “To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised – they don’t see you behind closed doors.”

— Nicole Kidman