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the series in which leading artists and performers talk to me about their most significant cultural influences and experiences. im john wilson and my guest is oscar—winning actor nicole kidman who has been an international star for over 30 years now. i was really looking forward to meeting nicole in london, but even a superstar�*s travel plans can be ruined, so we talked virtually. nicole kidmanjoining us from los angeles, welcome to this cultural life. thank you, thank you for hav...

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an international star for over 30 years now. i was really looking forward to meeting nicole in london, but even as superstars, travel plans can be ruined these days, so we talked virtually. nicole kidmanjoining us from los angeles, welcome to this cultural life. thank you. thank you for having me. you were born in hawaii and moved to sydney with your australian parents at the age of four. your father was a clinical psychologist and biochemist. was it a creative upbringing? yeah, absolu...

Woolf. what did you learn from playing woolf, do you think? i mean, david hare gave me one of the greatest monologues, you know, about choice, and it is my choice. i still know those words. and deeply believe in them, may i add. it is my choice as a human being. your next choice, a big turning point in your career, and youve already mentioned it, is baz luhrmann�*s musical moulin rouge. why have you chosen that? once again, took a massive chance with me. believed i could sing and dance and act...

And jane was in film school, so she was really young and i remember being told, "oh, this woman, "whos going to be directing a little film, "a student film, would like to see you". and i was like, "0th oh my gosh, my gosh!" and that was jane. were talking a0 years later and i still know her. and still deeply close to her, actually — would tell her anything, will confide in her anything, and feel unbelievably safe with her. did she become a mentor to you at such a young age? i dont know if jane...

What are your earliest memories of favourite films? i would go to a place called the independent theatre which would show films, and we were all allowed to flop around on beanbags — they didnt have chairs, they didnt have seats, they had beanbags. and you were allowed to run around as kids and you would watch the movie. and one of the first movies i remember seeing was a film called walkabout, which was an australian film. isnt that crazy? that is a very strong imprint cinematically, and then ...

Im so happy i got to be satine. and i got to do it with ewen and i have such magical memories of it and i find the film magical and hes — baz is magical. you played satine, the consumptive courtesan, opposite ewan mcgregor as the struggling writer. was it the first time youd sung professionally? id sung at drama school, you know, when i would go to the little weekend drama schools. i was never that good. i always had friends who could belt it out and i was never a belter. but baz, when i went ...

Which says something really weird about me. i had my first kiss in the shining, which is just really weird. i didnt see a lot of the shining, but yeah, it was my first — i cant believe im saying this — tongue kiss. id a kiss on stage in spring awakening. so anyway! laughs so ive seen - the film again and again, but you know — now im blushing. i saw a clockwork orange. but i have seen a lot of the films, a lot of them i didnt understand, ive seen them again, then understood them, had them e...

An enormous love of the arts. i was both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies, my mother loves opera.— mother loves opera. what are our mother loves opera. what are your earliest— mother love...

But, yeah, ithink it was my first... i cant believe im saying this — tongue kiss. id had a kiss on stage in spring awakening. so, anyway... she laughs erm, i have seen the film again and again, but, you know... now im blushing. erm, but, yeah, so i saw a clockwork orange. but anyway, ive seen all the films. a lot of them i didnt understand. ive seen them again and then understood them, had them explained to me, had them explained by film—makers, had them explained by... and, you know, and by...