United Kingdom, Feb. 26 -- Nicole Kidman feels "lucky" because she has been given multiple "chances" within her career.

The 57-year-old actress has been a mainstay in Hollywood for decades and nearly a decade after she vowed to work with more female directors, she has insisted that the "development of talent" times time.

Speaking at the TIME Women of the Year Leadership Forum, she explained: "The way you develop your talent-really, is it going to be immediate? It's going to be layer upon layer, step by step. And that requires patience.

"I was one of the fortunate ones where I was given a chance over and over and over again, and I'm still being given that.

The 'Eyes Wide Shut' star also insisted that others need to "stop judging women"...