Nicole Kidman: ‘I’d be a terrible director’

Nicole Kidman

When Nicole Kidman was honoured with the AFI (American Film Institute) Life Achievement Award recently, she spent a considerable portion of her speech thanking the directors she has worked with over the years. However, the respect for the job does not mean she has any desire to step behind the camera herself.

"I feel like I would be a terrible director because I always have so many ideas. A director has to make choices, and that's not my strong suit," Kidman told an international publication during the AFI red carpet, noting that a producer's duties much more align with her interests. She elaborated, "I am good at being passionate and supporting the voices, reading a script and going, ‘I love this script,' or seeing somebody and going, ‘I love this actor, I love this director, how do I support them?'

And they may have done nothing [before], but I want to get behind them. That's what I love doing; it excites me, and it really makes me happy. I love shining the light on other people or helping to do that." The Spellbound actor has produced multiple projects like Big Little Lies (2017), The Undoing (2020), Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), Love & Death, Special Ops: Lioness (2023) and Expats (2024) through her production house, Blossom Films.

Inside the tribute event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, she expressed her desire to shine a light on others, saying, "There's so many more exciting young directors and voices that are completely original and need to be heard, and they have a lot to say. We need to give them a chance to say it and to hear them, and I am here, I am ready to roll up my sleeves. I am here always to support those voices." Kidman also named all of her previous directors and thanked them individually during her acceptance speech.

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