Nicole Kidman Quotes on Movies (10 Quotes)

Neither Cruise nor Kidman has been able to talk about him without getting emotional, Time reports. We're so proud of the movie, ... but we have this strange feeling about its success. Stanley was always around. And now he's gone.

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

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.

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 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 thought I was doing a small play in an experimental theater, and I couldn't believe the reaction it got, ... I was so nervous the opening night, and then, once the play started, I thought, 'Just go for it.'

They're important movies, and I would hope we continue on that path.

I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.

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.

He's really an extraordinary human being, and he is very generous with his knowledge and he is very dedicated to what he does, ... He worked extremely hard on this film and he lives, breathes, eats the film, and I really admire that.