Natalie Portman Quotes
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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Everyone at a party is uncomfortable. Knowing that makes me more comfortable.
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I wonder if I maybe have a natural floatiness that comes through in everyone I play.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.
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I get tweets every single day going, like, 'I'm so glad you weren't on 'The X Factor.'
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This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
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I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
