Nicole Kidman At The 100 Years Of Women's Omega Watches

Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman opens up to DuJour about keeping in touch with her older children Bella, 22, and Connor, 20, and family life with husband, country crooner Keith Urban, and their two children: Sunday, 7, and Faith, 4.

“I have four children, so to stay in touch with them it’s very important,” Kidman, 48, said of texting with her older kids. “I’m definitely engaged in it but I don’t let it rule my life.”

But when it comes to communicating with her hubby, don’t expect any heart emojis from the Oscar winner.

“My husband and I never text each other. We never do. Once in a blue moon, we’ll text. But mainly we say, ‘I want to hear your voice,’” Kidman shared. “That’s very unusual but we’ve been together for 10 years. We started like that and we haven’t changed it. We don’t email each other either. So it’s about trying to keep it as intimate and personal as possible.”

The A-listers try to stay as connected as possible despite their busy schedules.

“I’m lucky that we have such a strong family unit. I have an incredible husband who is so willing to get on planes and fly places, even if it’s for a night,” she explained. “I had an opening of the play [Photograph 51] three nights ago, and he’s in the middle of a tour in the States. I said, ‘It’s too much for you to have to fly all the way back, don’t worry,’ and he said, ‘I’m flying.’”

She continued: “He flew 10 hours to come and be with me for the night, and then he flew back and did a gig. That for me is love in action. That’s extraordinary. But I would do the same for him and that’s what we’ve committed to as a couple.”

As for any spare time, the actress enjoys spending it with the couple’s young daughters.

“With an hour free, it depends. I love getting down on the floor and playing with my kids. I read an article that says it’s so important to actually get down on their level and play with them for an hour a day. So I do that, and I love that. It brings back the child in me,” she said of her free time. “If I was in Sydney, I love the beach. Even though I’m incredibly pale, I put on these terribly long unattractive rashies, and people laugh at me. My kids laugh at me. But that’s what I would do.”