Nicole Kidman: Neighbours can touch my Oscar

Nicole Kidman has joked people are welcome to visit her parents’ house and touch her Oscar.
The Australian actress won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours and has described the experience as magical.
The Hollywood star was raised in Sydney, Australia, for much of her childhood, and it has a special place in her heart. For that reason she decided the iconic golden statue should remain at her parents’ home in the city.
'It’s on the mantle of my parents’ house in Sydney. People in the neighbourhood can come touch that gold Oscar,' she told the British edition of InStyle.
Remembering her childhood, the 43-year-old also explained that as a little girl, Hollywood seemed like a fairy-tale place to her.
Nicole recalled watching the Academy Awards on TV and likened the American movie industry to a magical, yet surreal, place.
Her childhood memories made winning an Oscar even more special.
'As a little girl in Australia, I watched the American film industry from afar. I remember being six or seven and watching the Oscars in my pyjamas, drinking hot chocolate, in this tiny little suburb of Sydney; it seemed like a faraway land, like Oz,' she said. 'There’s a bit of magic involved in winning an Academy Award.'