Meryl Streep reveals Nicole Kidman's 'Big Little Lies' skinny-dipping routine — and all the other best moments from her AFI Life Achievement Award gala.
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and how he felt as if he were "meeting a real-life princess." After a week of carrying around her phone number on a scrap of paper in his pocket, Urban finally worked up the courage to call and ask her out. "She's raw, but she's resilient," he concluded. "She's serious and a complete goofball, crazy fun to be around. She's an excellent organizer, and she's super chill. But she also has a bit of a mantra and that is: 'Choose love.' I've watched her do this many times, navigating emotionally complex things that she's gone through with so many people. She always chooses that phrase. She lives by 'Choose love.
Riffing on her own status as the "greatest actress of her generation," Streep also made a meal of saluting Kidman's acting prowess, "To me, darling, you have a wild mongrel talent," she gushed. "You're like a mustang, a workhorse, and a champion racer all in one, but one whose spirit, they'll never break. Never. The range of your work is stunning. Your list of credits and roles and good deeds in the world would take a normal person three lifetimes to achieve.
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