Madonna talks about her long-awaited performance at Super Bowl on February 5, and admits that it is the thing she has been more nervous about.

"I have 12 minutes and 40 seconds to do something extravagant and exciting in the middle of something that's quite sacred to all of America," Madonna told the Los Angeles Times. "No one's asked me to tone down my moves. They were curious about my costumes and the costumes of the dancers.... They were very clear with us up front that they don't want nipples or anything like that, and I didn't have any intention of doing that, so I was like, 'OK, we're cool.'"

"I'm more nervous about this than most things I've done, simply because ... it's not how I'm used to working. I'm a perfectionist," Madonna goes on. "I like everything to be done just so, and I like to run things and run things and run things until people can do it with their eyes closed."

Madonna compares directing a movie to putting up one of her demanding tours. "When you're putting a show together, you're dealing with so many elements," she said. "You're creating a stage and working with lights and costumes and dancers, who you could say are the actors. You're paying attention to the minutiae and you're also stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. I always like to tell stories in my show and have some kind of an arc. I have a crew that I rely on desperately and... I'm working with creative people, so I need to be judicious with the way that I speak with them. I've always been intricately involved in every aspect of my show. I know where all the nails are on the stage."