Nicole Kidman says marriage comes before career

"AUSTRALIA"

She said earning a high salary for a big film lets her pick smaller art house films that she wants to do like "Margot at the Wedding," which opens in the United States on Friday.

In "Margot at the Wedding," Kidman plays a short-story writer, Margot, who creates chaos ahead of the planned wedding of her estranged sister Pauline, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, to artist Malcolm, played by Jack Black.

Since April, Kidman has been in Australia filming Baz Luhrmann's big budget epic "Australia" with Hugh Jackman. She plays an English aristocrat who inherits a massive cattle station in outback Australia prior to World War Two.

"It's the film I dreamed of making when I was a little girl," she said.

"I hope it lives up to my expectations because I wanted to make a film that's deeply romantic, that's got a magical quality to it, but is still a sweeping drama, sprinkled with some comedy so if we can pull that off I will be very very pleased," she said.

"We're certainly working hard toward putting something magical on screen."