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 am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.
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I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the troops and support what we're doing.
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There isn't a country I ain't touch in Africa. I just came back from South of France, I toured China, Japan, wherever you name, 60,000 people come out to see Fat Joe.
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While one should never underestimate the ability of risk-besotted financiers to wreak havoc, the real threat to capitalism isn't unfettered financial cunning. It is, instead, the unwillingness of executives to confront the changing expectations of their stakeholders.
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To me 'they lived happily ever after' means to be happy with yourself! My parents always taught me that being happy has to work without Prince Charming. My life is completed without a prince but it's nice of course to have someone who loves you and fights for you.
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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.
