Nicole Kidman Says She's 'Not a Nightclub Kind of Girl,' But Will 'Go to a Rave' Just to Dance (Exclusive)
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The Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress may be shy by nature, but tells PEOPLE "it's really fun" to "lose it" on the dance floor
Nicole Kidman may be naturally shy, but it doesn't mean she can't let loose with the best of them.
"I’m not an extrovert and I wouldn't say I’m the person that walks in and goes, I own this room, [but] I love dancing and I'll go to a rave because I just want to lose it with a group of people and dance," the Oscar winner tells PEOPLE in an interview for the magazine's 50th anniversary special issue.
"That’s really fun."
While the Expats star and producer would opt for "small, intimate dinner parties [or] hanging at people's houses" over a raucous shindig, music and dancing are her family's favorite go-to activities. "That’s a huge part of our life," says Kidman, 56, who shares daughters Sunday Rose, 15, and Faith Margaret, 13, with husband Keith Urban, 56.
"I'm not a nightclub kind of girl… I remember talking to somebody once and they were like, 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'Well, primarily I have my family, I raise my kids, and I work'."
Since breaking through in the U.S. with Dead Calm in 1989, Kidman has become one of Hollywood's most highly regarded stars and an Oscar-Emmy-Golden Globe-winning actress and producer. And in that time, she's also grown increasingly comfortable among her A-list brethren.
"I remember the first time I went to the Academy Awards, and I was like, this is the most overwhelming, intimidating place ever," says Kidman, who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2003 for The Hours.
"Now I walk in and I’m like, Oh right, I know most of the people here, I’ve grown up [and] lived a life with most of the people in this industry and that's a really beautiful thing."
Of her fellow artists, the Special Ops: Lioness star says, “It's my tribe and I hold it close."
For more on our 50th Anniversary, check out our special digital issue, and pick up the latest copy of PEOPLE, on newsstands April 12.
Related: Nicole Kidman to Receive 49th AFI Life Achievement Award: 'Screen Icon'
Kidman will receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, which the AFI describes as "the highest honor for a career in film", at a gala tribute to air in June.
In a statement, Kathleen Kennedy, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, said of the star, "Nicole Kidman has enchanted audiences for decades with the daring of her artistry and the glamour of a screen icon."
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