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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 you've 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 in the same film. erm, gave me satine, who ijust became and loved, and people still think i am. she laughs and, erm... ..gave me that, and i watch that film, and i'm like, "i can't bel...

And i have such magical memories of it and i find the film magical and he's... baz is magical. you played satine, the consumptive courtesan, opposite ewan mcgregor as the struggling writer. was it the first time you'd sung professionally? i'd sung at drama school, 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 and auditioned for him, he had me audition with the song, erm... # nobody does it better... # that song, which is not in the movie. erm, and i remembersort of acting si...

And we were all allowed to flop around on bean bags. they didn't have chairs, they didn't have seats, they had bean bags. 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. isn't that crazy? so that was a very... that's a very strong imprint cinematically, and then i would be taken to the theatre, and that was probably my first love, was theatre. i remember getting up on stage, i remember watching, you know, those outrageous, fun, erm, funny, erm, pantomimes, and that...