Natalie Portman Quotes
My mom devotes so much of her time toward me. She's an artist, and my father is a doctor. I've been brought up in what you might call a pretty conventional family.
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.
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I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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I adore Quentin Tarantino. The 'Kill Bill' series is my favorite.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
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Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth.
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If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.
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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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Recognizing chronic sadness may encourage someone to reach out to a friend, family member, or counselor rather than concealing the distress.
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We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story.
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I'm probably the least cerebral guy you're ever going to meet as a writer.
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People who really have Ki don't feel it because everything happens naturally within them.
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My mom devotes so much of her time toward me. She's an artist, and my father is a doctor. I've been brought up in what you might call a pretty conventional family.
