Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, ACis an Australian actress and film producer. Kidman's breakthrough roles were in the 1989 feature film thriller Dead Calm and television thriller miniseries Bangkok Hilton. Appearing in several films in the early 1990s, she came to worldwide recognition for her performances in the stock-car racing film Days of Thunder, the romance-drama Far and Away, and the hero film Batman Forever. Other successful films followed in the late 1990s. Her performance in the musical Moulin Rouge!earned her a...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth20 June 1967
CityHonolulu, HI
CountryAustralia
I think particularly with this it's a theme that runs through a lot of my films which is the love a mother has for a child .
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.'
have to play a 22-year-old, and she's nearly 40. ... They said, 'How about Hilary Swank?' I said, 'Great, fine, whoever.' I would have said, 'Great, fine, whoever,' if they had said Roseanne Barr. I stopped paying attention because I'm focusing on my future, not my past.
My kids and the film Moulin Rouge! are the two things that are my shining lights.
If I packaged toothpaste and told you you were gonna get half the toothpaste in the tube, you probably wouldn't buy it.
I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.
You start out with big dreams and I mean, big dreams artistically. You want to work with the greatest living directors, make a great movie. I wanted to make a great love story, I wanted to make a great epic and then you realize that the truth of it is that it's so hard to make a great film. It's hard to get a great role. Those big expectations change to realism pretty quickly. But what's never changed is my desire to work with great directors and to find projects that push me out of my comfort zone and keep me alive. I still don't think I've done my best work
It was far more complex than I thought it was going to be in terms of the duration it was shot for, but also in terms of the characters, and working with my husband, and dealing with the subject matter we were dealing with, ... It was difficult at times but it was incredibly rewarding and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
They asked me if I would accept and I felt slightly embarrassed.
You can still fight when someone can't talk.
To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself and I'm very proud to say that.
When we would walk into parties ... I might as well have been the woodwork. I found it fascinating to watch how people fawn over Nicole's ethereal, extraterrestrial beauty.
Compared to the Cannes film festival, this is a sedate crowd.
I think Daniel will just smoke in it. He is such an accomplished actor.