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. 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 were both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies, my mother loves opera. what are your earli
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 loves opera. what are your earliest memories - mother loves opera. what are your earliest memories of - your earliest memories of favourite films? i your earliest memories of favourite films? your earliest memories of favourite films? i would go to a lace favourite films? i would go to a place called favourite films? i would go to a place called the 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 bea
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 the daughter of a nurse educator, but they were both academics. um, but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies. my mother loves opera. 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 bean bags. they didn t have chairs, th
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 me that and i watched that film and i m like, i can t believe i made that! i m so happy that exists.
and jane was in film school, so she was really young and i remember being told, oh, this woman, who s 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. we re 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 don t know if jane s a mentor. jane is a very, is an exquisite creature, i think she is a creature, so she is.she is just unusual. she became a guide, she became someone that i would go what do you think? , or, and there were times when we drifted and came back together, i remember auditioning for sweetie, i didn t get it, i remember auditioning for another one of herfilms, i didn t get it and finally portrait of a lady came along, and she wanted