Nicole Kidman on Getting Past the Times She Felt ‘Put Out to Pasture’ by Hollywood
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNicole Kidman’s career has spanned nearly four decades. Her trophy shelf includes an Oscar, two Emmys, a SAG Award and a BAFTA.
She is a favorite to pick up her fifth Academy Award nomination next week for her work as Lucille Ball in “Being the Ricardos.”Even so, Kidman acknowledges the road to today has also included some bumps. “I had that sort of in my early thirties where I was like, ‘Right, I think this is kind of going to be it,’” the Aussie actor tells me on today’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “And then I had it again at 40.
And so I’ve run that gamut where you just go, ‘Now’s the time that I’m going to be put out to pasture.’”It wasn’t the fear of losing fame that scared Kidman during the down times, but the thought of not being able to pursue her art. “That feels at times like… gut wrenching,” says Kidman, now 54. “And then going, ‘Okay, well I got to find other things that interest me that I love.’ That’s the journey of life, isn’t it?
And then suddenly going, ‘This has blossomed… or this has opened up, and now I have this chance to do something.’ So it’s always been like this, and I know it will always be like that.
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