Natalie Portman quotes - page 3

Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers. (Natalie Portman)
When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be. View quote
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Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all. View quote
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Cute is when a person's personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them. View quote
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Committing yourself to one person is sacred. View quote
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I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl - that sort of effortless chic confidence and comfort in their own skin. View quote
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I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy. View quote
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Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture. View quote
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it. View quote
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Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent. View quote
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A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with. (Natalie Portman)
I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two. View quote
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris. View quote
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Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there. View quote
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I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it. View quote
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I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork. View quote
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Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance. View quote
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I remember how to be a person by being around them. View quote
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They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?' View quote
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I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy. Our job is to imagine what someone else's life is like. And if you can't do that in real life, if you can't do that as a human being, then good luck as an actor.... I just think it's an important thing to engage in the world. And it's just too easy not to in our society. View quote
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Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. Like, when you see someone's personality in the way they walk and you just feel like hugging them every time you see them. (Natalie Portman)
People think the film industry is going to corrupt me, but I feel like it's kept me more innocent, in a way. I wasn't really home when my friends were trying pot for the first time. I was always around adults who wouldn't smoke or curse or do anything like that around me. I don't do things that are dangerous to myself. I don't want to hurt myself. View quote
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone. View quote
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It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies. View quote
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I usually run three or four times a week now. Pretty boring, but it's so worth is. It's done wonders for my mood. View quote
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