SJM Feature - Nicole Kidman - FINAL_Pages 11 / 27 / 19 10 : 47 AM Page 4 N O T H I N G Do you still get roles that are interest - was thrilled to go to Maui . But it’s not as T O ing enough for you outside of the ‘ indie ’ easy to make those decisions as you L O S E mentality ? think . I have a family , children and my Yeah , I think so … sort of . There are husband works a lot , so it’s not so easy N I C O L E K I D M A N things which I just say straight away that all of the time . I am not interested , whereas before I However , that time when I did that , I would be trying to do it and thinking brought my parents over to stay with the that I could just make it work and that it kids and they got the opportunity to uncomfortable and that I was really would be fun to do so . bond with my daughter Sunday when playing with fire , so to speak , because it Each of those times was more be - she was young . So , that was good for me was sitting there in my subconscious cause I didn’t have a family and I also and for them . I was also born in Hawaii , and I literally had no control over it . didn’t really have roots down in a place . as well . But what I do have control of is the So , that was more a case of just grabbing I don’t remember any of my time roles and parts that I choose to do in my things and just going to wherever I there as I was so young , but I always films , so I know what to expect before I had to go . used to tell this story when I was a kid — and you know what kids are like ; they can be so dramatic . I would tell people that I was from Hawaii and born on Waikiki Beach in the water , which is cold . That’s a complete lie . It’s not cold at all , and my mom would wonder what on Earth I was going on about . Was it hard going to work when your children were young ? It totally was , yeah . It made me want to work less , I can tell you that much . It felt like I was being wrenched away from them . The good thing is that when I was in films where children were around me , it gave me a lot of inspiration and also , helped me when I was getting that expe - rience right in front of me , every day in my life . IN THE HBO SERIES BIG LITTLE LIES go into them . What I always make sure But nowadays , I am probably a bit that I do when I take these roles on more cautious and in terms of the studio board is speak to my family , because system , there was a period where I they also have parts to play in showing hadn’t read a great script out of any stu - the love and understanding for what it is dio . Even when I was in the prime of my that I do . Particularly my husband , be - career , where I was being offered abso - cause that must be a weird place to lutely everything , I rarely read anything watch your wife go . which was great . However , that is something which brought us together anyway as we are You have worked on some films that both artistic and creative and that tacit have been quite emotional and stress - understanding that we have between us ful with character plots , which must is something which really helps , as well . have left you feeling drained . How do I do like to challenge myself and I don’t you escape from that when you leave always like to feel like I am in a comfort - the set ? able place . I think I have been quite good at putting I D O L I K E T O BO I don’t think that’s something which the roles that I play away once I go en / H C H A L L E N G E is new ; I was always like that as a kid , home . However , there have been lastimes M Y S E L F A N D CI as well . I am left - handed , so that where I have woken up niferintermittently means I have a particular approach through the night when I am filming , naf - D O N ’ T A L W A Y S Je f to the world . I certainly believe that ter dreaming up the most horrific ostuff , y L I K E T O F E E esL left - handed people have a different t probably brought on by some of the our L I K E I A M I N cA approach to things and that they are parts I have portrayed over the years . hoto wired differently . The stories that I These nightmares that I have had C O M F O R T A B L pE ies would write at school were always a bit , have left me either panicked or crying L P L A C E . tle ” you know , left - field and teachers would my eyes out at three and four o’clock Litin ig n be a little taken aback by that . the morning . That’s what made me feel B S O U T H J E R S E Y M A G A Z I N E | V O L U M E 1 6 • I S S U E 9 | S O U T H J E R S E Y M A G A Z I N E . C O M | 4 3