Nicole Kidman Quotes

I play Xbox. I have a little boy to look after. I have dogs. You know, I have things to do. I would love to be able to sit down and watch something like a movie. I watch my own movies because I have to.

I love acting, but I have two little kids, and it's 14 hours a day out of the house. You don't get that time back.

At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.

I'm an actress and I want to act, and I'm a mom and I want to be with my kids, and it's trying to find a way to do both.

I know you're always supposed to want more of everything. But in truth, I'm having a nice ebb and flow of being in my daughter's life every day and getting to keep my work life alive. I'm not nominated for ten thousand everythings every minute, but I am acting and telling stories I love.

I love kids, outings, camping, sports, Legoland, all the Daddy stuff. I love it. I wish I could just do that, but I have to work, too.

I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'

I do get approached every day by people who say, 'Why don't you make more movies?' I don't really miss it when I get to go and watch my daughter in the Christmas pageant.

My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man.

My first priority is time with my family.

After a long day at work, I want someone to come home, turn on my video and think, 'Oh my God, how girls get ready? This is hilarious. I love this; I'm forgetting about all my problems.'

I am lucky in that I love what I do, but it can still be hard to be away from the kids for long lengths of time. At the end of the day, all I want is to be with my kids, but it's worth it to create a future for my family.

I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we're a show business family and we all work.

I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.

Sure, I could have lots of people who do the cooking, the driving, all that jazz - but I would be unhappy. I wouldn't want my children raised that way.

I love having time to prepare my lines and more time off.

I have my career and my family, and that's it.

I always wanted to have a really successful career, but I always wanted to be a mom, too.

When I go home, I got a kid; I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about the character or anything that may or may not happen.

Man, I love being a dad. It's super fun.

I don't feel the pressure and stress of having to be a comic in a club every night. I accomplished a lot of things; I did lot of things, and I don't feel like I'm missing out when I am home with my son.

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.