Nicole Kidman: I Like the Privacy of My Life

Nicole Kidman smiles as she leaves Joan’s on Third on Thursday (January 26) in Los Angeles.

The 44-year-old Aussie actress, who will star next in Hemingway and Gellhorn, recently spoke at the HBO TCA panel about keeping her private life quiet.

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“Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people’s lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions,” Nicole said (via MSNBC).

“I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters. I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly,” she added.