Kidman finds acting tough, now her life is so good

Nicole Kidman is tempted to quit acting for good, because she's so content with her life she hates pretending she's someone else.

The actress threw herself into her career during her marriage to Tom Cruise and the aftermath of their split - admitting film sets gave her an escape from her unhappiness.

Now she has settled with second husband Keith Urban and their daughter Sunday Rose - and Kidman is finding it tough to tear herself away from her happy family.

The Oscar winner says, I was running from my life, in a way. My imaginary life was better than my flesh-and-blood life. Thats a sad thing to say, but it was. Now I love my real life so much it requires an enormous belief in a film to want to take it on.

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