342 Quotes by 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.

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.

There’s just something about women and shoes, it’s the luxury, it’s the femininity and it’s the attention to detail. You can put a lot of work into your dress but if you have the right shoe and bag then you feel good.

You don’t have to be naked to be sexy.

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’m willing to fly close to the flame.

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

You have to operate from the sense of everything is new and you’re starting again.

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