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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, absolutely. i mean, as much as i grew up the daughter of a scientist who became a psychologist, i was also the daughter of a nurse educator, but they w...

the series in which leading artists and performers talk to me about their most significant cultural influences and experiences. i'm 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 having me. you were born in hawaii and moved to sydney with your australian parents at the age of four...

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, absolutely. i mean, as much as i grew up the daughter of a scientist who became a psychologist, i was also...

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 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. gave me satine, who ijust became and loved and people still think i am, and gave...

But... ..it�*s so great doing theatre. it's so fun. when it works, it works. there's nothing like it. and you're immediate, and that's the thing i discovered doing it again, was this relationship with an audience that is so immediate and so direct. when the audience claps and cheers, there is so much gratitude as an actor because you're like, "i've given you what i can give you and you've received it. "thank you." just interestingly, back to... back to the blue room, though, because that was an adaptation of la ronde by schnitzler by david hare, and then shortly after that, you were working ...