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Letterman Show 24th May 2004 (CBS) Transcript done by foxy of www.nicolekidmanunited.com (NKU). L=David Letterman N=Nicole Kidman L. Our next guest is an Academy award winning actress who stars in a new film entitled The Stepford Wives which opens June 11. Here's the very lovely Nicole Kidman everybody. Nicole glides onto the stage and sits down on the chair next to Letterman's desk. L. How are you doing? N. Good thank you. L. You look fantastic, you look wonderful...look at that..look at that.. my goodness how lovely is that. (Nicole laughs). This is the way you always look, except when you are on screen..then you look like the character you're playing..but in real life this is how you look isn't it?! N: (laughing) What do you mean? L. By comparison sadly this is how I look. N: I'm a little dolled up. But I usually have my hair pulled back and sweat pants on. L: You look fantastic. Just great N. I put on a dress. But this dress I got for $50 from East Village. L. Nice going. N. On sale. L. You have virtually no make up on...you're wearing no makeup. N. mmm...are you wearing makeup? L. Oh yes...the only part of the job I really like. Oh yeah they're putting it with pneumatic power. N. They put a lot of makeup on you..a tan..they put a bit of a tan. L. ...but you just look like a kid to me... N. (laughs) A kid??!! NO....I'm not a kid..I'm a very mature woman! L. I understand that. But... (pause) I haven't seen you in about 3 years or something.. N. Yes! I heard you thought I was mad at you, but I was not.... L. ..I assume everyone is mad at me! N. ...no? I have that a little bit too. L. ...oh? do you really have that? N. ..a little bit..yeah L. ..who would be mad at you for the love of god? N...ah...a few people.. (pulls face) L. really? Not many... (pause and changing subject) You have won an Academy Award since we saw you. audience claps loudly L. congratulations more clapping N. thank you. L. what do you do with that? Does the Academy take it back, do they keep it in a museum? What happens to those things? N. you are never allowed to sell it or anything? L. why not..why can't you sell it? N. I don't know..ask the Academy! But my mother has it. My mother lives in Australia, in Sydney...so she has it on the mantel of the fireplace and people can come over and touch it. L. That's the perfect thing to do. Give it to your mother. N. Yes, well..she made me who I am..so it is basically hers.. (laughs) L. She is... she really is the recipient for that... and being an actress or an actor it's a dangerous and disappointing long tough haul and to succeed and to have the ultimate recognition like that...absolutely goes to your mother. That's a lovely gesture. Nice going on that. N. You... (pause) are you making fun of me? L. No NO! I'm not making fun of you. N. ..I'm answering these questions sincerely and genuinely L.(to Paul the band conductor) Paul ...I wasn't making fun of her was I? P. No you were not. You revere her, you cherish her. N. Now I'm blushing. L. You should not because everything's fine. And you kids, they must have been crazy about the awards? N.... um...Less.. My daughter was so lovely because she said ..(I thought my son was too young to come, I now wish I had brought him)..and she said "the reason I want to be there is in case you lose"..isn't she lovely..that's a nice daughter. L. A nice grandmother, a nice mother, and a nice daughter..that's a lovely thing to have. That's great support. N. How did you know my grandmother is nice?!! Letterman looks surprised N. Oh..you mean my mother, But I do have a grand mother as well who is 89 and lives in NZ. L. (jokingly)..I've heard she's wonderful. N. (laughing).. She IS wonderful. L. Do you get to go to Australia? How often do you go there? When do you go there? N. Yes, a lot. L. How often do you go there? N. Well I'm in New York City (NYC) most of the time. L. You live here now? N. Yes..well I sort of live all over the world. L. You have a home here in NYC N. Well I rent an apartment. L. A place where you live in NYC..suggesting you spend a reasonable amount of time here. N. Oh yes, yes. I love it here. L. How much time do you spend here? N. (laughing) ..you sound like the Tax Department. ... enough time..Now I'm getting cagey! ...um..I spend a lot of time here but I also travel around. I go wherever the work is.... L. You know, we do this show here in NYC N. Yes..you like NYC L. I love NYC. We've been here 3 years since we last saw you. That's what I'm trying to establish .... if there's a problem! N. ....oh...RIGHT.....!! L. It seems to me...like just on your way out of town..you could drop by....!! N. (laughing) ..I'm a little slow .... L. No you're not. N. ...um..yes...I could have dropped by..but I'm a little shy. L. Well..you smell great. I remember from the last time you just smelt fantastic. N. Yes. I told you...I make my own perfume. L. That's right! What do you make it from. N. This is a mix of muck and vanilla and patouli. L. wow! .. (writes it down) N. (laughing).. but you can't put too much patouli otherwise it reminds you of the 60s right?! L. exactly! way to go. I used to make up a little something that was tang and malt liquor. N. I'll try that (laughing and turning away).. I'm moving away...Body language! L.. Woah! .... be right back with Nicole Kidman (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (RETURN) L. Let's talk about your business in Australia. When do you go and how long do you stay there? N. A couple of months. I go over at Christmas because my family all still live there. L. And Christmas is summertime then. N. Yes...very hot. L. And I think we talked about this before..the celebration of Christmas, because it's summer, is more summery than it would be wintry. (laughs at himself). It's the patouli! N. (laughing and pretending to spray him with perfume)...sshhhh L. When you make that stuff up you should sell it..honestly. Have you thought of selling it? N. No. I just give it away. L. Do you make it up in quantity? N. I give it to friends. No not in quantity. You do little mixes, concoctions. I'll do one for you. I'm quite good at doing a men's smell. L. Oh I don't want that men's smell... you see what I'm getting at? N. Yeah! Phew. L. Are you dating anybody? N. Oh...here we go!! L. We don' t have to go over that. N. No...I don't date L. You don't date at all?! N. No. L. But you might one day. Someone might come along. N. Maybe..I'm not good at dating. I mean ..who is? L. well it's horrible. It's a frightening experience N. Yes, well not frightening... L. ..no ..not frightening..did I say frightening.. (laughing) N. It's just a hard thing to do...and also..and .... now is not the time to be discussing this. L. But if you were dating, if you wanted to date, how would that work, how would that facilitate itself.? Would somebody call you, would you call on somebody? Would you have an intermediary? Would you have a go-between? N. Well I'd give you my cell number... L. WHOAH!!! N. (laughs) L. WHOAH!!..wouldn't that be something! N. But I'm not good at calling back. L. But I think so much of you that if you were to give me that cell number, I would never call you. N. Oh thanks.!! That's humiliating..here have my number..waiting for the call...NOTHING! L. No....I am so in awe you see...I would be unable to place the call! You might get a lot of hang ups. (laughter) L. oh golly...let's talk about the Bewitched movie. That'll be fun don't you think. You and Will Farrell. N. Yes..and Shirley Maclaine is my mother. L. Ever see the original TV show? N. Oh yes..like every night. That's why I want to do it. L. And you're going to be shooting that where? N. In Los Angeles. In the second half of the year (giggles). (aside ..I don't why you..you just made me laugh) ..yes..ues...I'm working on the nose. L. Do you have it? Can we see a little of it? N. I don't have it. I don't have it AT ALL yet. But I'm doing a different role at the moment so I have a little time. I'm doing a film with Sean Penn at the moment, here in New York. (audience clapping) L. He's good N. He's wonderful L. ..also an Academy winning actor. N. It was so beautiful because the day before we were about to start shooting it was the Academy Awards and I was presenting to the male actor. Luckily I got to give it to him because it would have been terrible to show up to work and be the bad luck angel instead of the good luck one, right?! L. What is the name of the movie you are working on now? N. The Interpreter, and it's being directed by Sydney Pollack,. L. This is somebody who at the U.N. inadvertently overhears what is believed to be an assassination plot. N. Yes! You've done your research. I'm impressed. L. It shows! (Laughs) N. I'm playing a South African girl whose interpreting though and the language I'm interpreting is French.. L. The Australian accent and the South African accent are completely different. N. Yes..completely. I thought you were going to say similar. L. No..not similar. Can we hear a little South African. N. ..NOOoooooo... (laughs) L. (laughs) that's alright! ...we'll be right back with Nicole Kidman (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (RETURN) L. The Stepford Wives opens June 11 and the cast is yourself..who else is in it.? N. Bette Midler, Glen Close, Matt Broderick, Chris Walken L.. oh...he's creepy Christopher Walken... N. no..he's fun. Very good actor. L. This is not strictly a remake of The Stepford Wives. more of a different version of The Stepford Wives. N. oh .yes.. L. Something like that... N. Yeah, it is.it's based on the original movie but then we've obviously changed it and given it a more comedic side. L. It's kind of a dark comedy, is that fair to say? N. ....mmmm (thinks)....just a comedy. L. The idea is that the town of Stepford, all the women are robots....(stops)..maybe I shouldn't say that? N. sssshhh...that's all right everybody would kind of know the plot. Yes, we all become the perfect wives. We say "Yes honey, no, whatever you want" (she says this in TSW robot voice and facial expression). Is that really..I have to ask, is that really what men want??!!! Like a woman that is at home who says yes, no and is pretty malleable??! L. (joking) Well it depends on what you are up to. N. I mean ..it can't be! You want an opinion right? You want someone to say "You're wrong". L. Right. I think you're right about that. You've gotta have a little heat there. A little friction to throw off some sparks. N. Exactly. Be a challenge. L. What are we going to see in this clip here? N. umm..what are we going to see...we are going to see me trying to be a good wife. Learning how. L. This is early on. And who are you married to? Matthew Broderick? N. Yes. (Clip from the Stepford Wives is shown. Nicole moves from her talking refrigerator to the lounge where Bette Midler and her male friend are talking to her. Nicole proceeds to dust the objects in the lounge while she talks the soft perfect wife talk. She still has her black hair in this scene and it appears she is part way robot, but not complete). L. The Stepford Wives. She's a robot, right? N. Yes, she's a robot. L. What do you do now? N. I go to work tomorrow. L. You're back to work tomorrow. And then you get some time off at Christmas. N. The South African girl returns. L. That will be fun. Anything you'd like to ask me? N. (laughing)..er.....Nooo.... Thank you for having me. (turns to audience). Thank you for being so good to me. L. We'd like to see you again in about 6 months for a check-up if we can do that. Always a pleasure. The lovely Nicole Kidman, ladies and gentlemen. Nicole and Letterman shake hands.
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