VARIETY Oscars Cover: Nicole Kidman on Her Separation, that 1997 Oscars Dress, SCARPETTA, and More

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In a new cover story for VARIETY, Nicole Kidman speaks with Chief Correspondent Matt Donnelly for the Oscars issue on her separation from Keith Urban, that history-making 1997 Oscars dress, Madonna, her 2003 Academy Award for THE HOURS, SCARPETTA, the PRACTICAL MAGIC sequel, Sandra Bullock, her neighbor Reese Witherspoon, her craft, being a character actor, exploration, going on a cruise, and much more. 

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Kidman on if she’s doing alright since her separation from Keith Urban:

“I am, because I’m always going to be moving toward what’s good. What I’m grateful for is my family and keeping them as is and moving forward. That’s that. Everything else I don’t discuss out of respect. I’m staying in a place of, “We are a family,” and that’s what we’ll continue to be. My beautiful girls, my darlings, who are suddenly women.”

On her history-making, chartreuse John Galliano dress that she wore to the 1997 Oscars and Madonna:

“I remember being nervous because of the color, and then seeing Madonna that night and she said, “Best dress!” All I could say back was “You smell so good.” She did. She had the softest skin.”

On acting in Patricia Cornwell’s “Scarpetta”:

“It’s interesting taking it out to a true crime audience. I’m just beginning to understand the genre. I’ve never done a crime show like this, and there’s such a fan base for the books. I loved the autopsy scenes. I can actually perform an autopsy now. I have a medical background; I watched a lot of medical films growing up. I don’t have a problem with blood.”

On talk at the time of her 2003 Academy Award win for “The Hours” that she was being rewarded for being a beautiful woman who made herself less so for her art.:

“Whatever. People are always going to say whatever. The performance was there. Ann Roth, Stephen Daldry and David Hare all agreed they wanted Virginia to have a different profile than mine. My profile is very distinct, and it needed to be different. I have a very particular nose. I like when I’m able to change up my appearance, as someone trained to be a character actor. Some people are employed to look and be exactly themselves. I’ve been trained as a character actor, so therefore when I’m working, I’m not here to be Nicole. On a talk show, I am, but not in a film or play or TV show. If that means changing my physical appearance? Of course. You have to walk differently, breathe differently, talk differently. The timbre of your voice has to change. All of the internal mechanisms affect the external.”

On the “Practical Magic” sequel and Sandra Bullock:

“I love Sandy. I love her. And we’re so different. I’m like [makes a wild noise with her mouth] and she’s so measured and together. We’re like sisters. I have so much protection and love for her. We also have incredible chemistry. We produce differently. She’s incredibly hands-on, and I love delegating. We have different skill sets that become comple- mentary. It’s amazing that we still know each other. Joey King and the new cast are amazing, and Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest are coming back.”

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