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Daily Inspiration Quote by Nicole Kidman

"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"

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Kidman frames volatility as a kind of honesty, and that move is doing a lot of PR-heavy lifting. In an industry built on composure and control, she rebrands being "highly strung" as transparency: not messy, just visible. The repetition - "really upsets me", "really angry" - reads like insistence as much as confession, a way of preempting judgment by naming the charge before anyone else can. She isn't asking to be excused; she's asking to be understood as someone whose emotions arrive at full volume.

The key phrase is "all very upfront". That's a moral claim, not just a personality detail. Upfrontness suggests reliability: if she's upset, you'll know; if she's loyal, you'll feel it. The subtext is that the dangerous version of intensity is the hidden kind, the kind that curdles into manipulation. She's saying: I may be intense, but I'm not calculating.

Context matters: actresses are routinely punished for the exact traits celebrated in male stars - temper, sensitivity, ambition - then coached into appearing "easygoing" in interviews. Kidman's self-description threads that needle by pairing the potentially off-putting ("highly strung") with the socially lubricating ("loyal", "fun"). It's a calibrated humanizing gesture: permission to be complicated, plus reassurance she won't ruin the party. The final "I hope" is telling, too; it admits that likability is still a performance metric, even when you're being "upfront."

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Kidman, Nicole. (2026, January 16). 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. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-would-describe-myself-as-emotional-and-highly-93650/

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Kidman, Nicole. "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." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-would-describe-myself-as-emotional-and-highly-93650/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"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." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-would-describe-myself-as-emotional-and-highly-93650/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Nicole Kidman (born June 21, 1967) is a Actress from Australia.

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