Natalie Portman Quotes

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   I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. learning is beautiful.

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• I’m going to college. I don’t care if it ruins my career. I’d rather be smart than a movie star.

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• Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

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• Young actors often don’t think of the consequences of doing nudity or s*x scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.

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• When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y’know, ‘What does your dad do for a living?’ So I said ‘He helps women get pregnant!’ They called my mom and they were like, ‘What exactly does your husband do?’

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• Well, right now, I’m very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization – like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture – what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.

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• I’m pretty hard on myself in general.

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• I’m not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

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• I’m afraid of everything. But maybe when you’re afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you’re scared of nothing.

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• I was like a total cliched ’80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair.

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• I was definitely different from the other kids… I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid.

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• I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I’m always like, ‘Can’t I just wear sweatpants?’

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• I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don’t already exist out there.

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• I don’t have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It’s fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.

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• I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn’t comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.

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• When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa’s funeral. I was always the little entertainer.

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• There’s so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.

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• There’s always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you’re happy with the looks you’re born with, then what are you going to do your whole life?. We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we’re not happy with what we’re given.

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• There are movies where we are interested in seeing people’s lives without agreeing with what they’re doing.

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• The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it’s only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.

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Natalie Portman (48)

Birth:	9th June, 1981
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

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