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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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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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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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.
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Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.
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You know, sometimes the little victories that I have throughout the season are not necessarily obvious on the track. Maybe they're another aspect of what I'm doing, winning little victories here and there to get everything in line to be able to perform from top to bottom on race day.
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I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
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Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
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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.
