In the novel, Clarissa walks past a street where they are shooting a movie starring Meryl Streep. In the movie, Meryl Streep plays Clarissa.

Nicole Kidman was the third performer to wear a fake nose in an Oscar-winning role. The first two were Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac) and Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou).

For her role as Virginia Woolf, Nicole Kidman (who is a natural lefty) taught herself to write right-handed. Submitted by Cubs Fan

In the scene where Meryl Streep is talking to Richard's ex-boyfriend, the tap goes off and water starts spraying out. In the DVD commentary, it says that that wasn't supposed to happen, but Meryl handled it well so they left it in the movie.