“I love mothering,” she revealed toMarie Claire.

“I love kids: they’re quirky, funny, and unfiltered.”

The Australia native has even used her experiences in motherhood as inspiration for some of her roles.

Nicole Kidman posing, smiling

“It’s such a driving force in my life,” she explained toE!

Kidman soon became pregnant but lost her first child due to an ectopic pregnancy.

The couple then adopted daughter Isabella Jane followed by son Connor Anthony before divorcing in 2001.

Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman on red carpet

Thedecision to adoptwas not a new idea to Kidman.

“I always knew I’d adopt,” she shared withVogue.

She did gush about them to The Australian Women’s Weekly, though, as reported byE!

Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman smiling together

“They are generous, kind, and hardworking.

And these are traits that I love to see in my children,” she said.

“We just had chemistry,” Kidman confessed toCBS News.

“I never underestimate the power of chemistry.”

The actor and the singer married in 2006, and Kidman gave birth to Sunday Rose in 2008.

In 2011, Faith Margaret was born via a surrogate.

“I couldn’t get pregnant, and we wanted another baby.”

“I’ve had a very roller coaster ride with fertility,” she added.