Natalie Portman Quotes
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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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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Be original; don't be scared of being bold!
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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You have to really have the will to hang onto the first note as it is being played, and then really stay with it and take the flight, as it were, you know, for the duration of the piece.
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As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.
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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.
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I was 11 or 12 years old when I first saw 'Reservoir Dogs.' I remember after I saw that film, I kept renting it from the video store because I wanted all of my friends to see it.
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By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.
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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.
