Name: Nicole Kidman on the Surprise Success of 'Big Little Lies'
Uploaded: 2017-12-20T09:43:44.000Z
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I'm so excited that you're here to tell you in person

Past simple

I don't know if you, did you watch "Big Little Lies"?

I mean the great cast, but you're so exceptional in it,

I mean that was an amazing thing to able to get that made

I don't, you've probably, some of you might have seen it

but Reese Witherspoon and I produced and managed

Yeah, but I always say that's when women chose to

combine their power, they can get things done.

And, when did you realize how successful it was?

Well it's weird. Because when it first came out,

I remember Colin going, "Oh, I was hoping it'll be

I mean, I was like "Maybe it's not gonna hit the place

we really wanted it to hit." and then it just started to snowball

and the great thing was because it was on HBO,

everyone had to wait, each week, to see the next step.

So, then I was suddenly being recognized in airports

and on airplanes, women will coming up to me

and straight talking about the character,

People are saying, "We're staying in Sunday night,

we're ordering pizza, and put the kids to bed,

And then I thought, "Wow! This is working!"

What did you mean "suddenly got recognized?"

What was that? Nobody knew who you were before this?

No, no but I haven't had a film that's, besides "Lion"

which I play a real... which you were so support of it. From the beginning

Umm... But I haven't had a film that's really kind of

penetrated into this psycho of the world for a long time.

And television is the whole different thing,

being in people's homes, and also like you said

people waiting to see the next one what's gonna happen.

That's good to know, she loves being in your homes

But I feel closer to people because of it, so...

I know that you got, you know the scenes were intense

those things were physical, you really got hurt, right?

I think I felt a sense of duty that I wanted to give truth

to such a complicated story. And I wanted it to be

And I threw myself into it, to the point where

I come home at night with, you know bruises

and really sore. I mean he would grab me,

and really, and Alexander did not mean to do this,

it was just... and I would never tell him that he was hurting me.

Because I wanted him to commit to the scene.

So that when people watched as an audience,

And that was important to me because the story line

is about domestic abused and that's a very very important

Yeah, it was intense, it was amazing to watch.

If you haven't seen it, yeah, she's in a dysfunctional relationship,

So, "Lion", as you said, was up for Academy Award,

And you got a some... a lot of attention for the way

Well, I'm just... did you know that I have that time you clapped in different way?

I do not clap like that, that is a weird lens

The lens didn't do to anybody else's fingers,

if only... how can you make any noise like that?

You're not... you're not even really clapping!

Because, I borrowed... it's the Cinderella thing

and I'm like " I must not damage these diamonds."

'cause I have to give them back at midnight.

'Cause I'm thinking otherwise I'll get a...

Yeah, and I went back beautifully intact,

Kate's like, "Do not damage the diamonds!"

I don't know that diamonds are that fragile

that you can't, I mean a lot of people clapped with diamonds.

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Nicole Kidman on the Surprise Success of 'Big Little Lies'

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