Natalie Portman Quotes
I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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I've been making a diary of the daft things people have said during London Fashion Week, and it does wear a little bit thin, everyone comparing my name to Edie Sedgwick.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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It could get saturated or monotonous if I would do the same characters again and again. That is why, to save myself from that feeling, I take time out to choose roles that excite me.
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I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.
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Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.
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Building a home for neglected senior citizens is my long time dream.
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I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.
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An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
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My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.
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You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to look old so that the young will not be afraid of dying. People don't like old women. We don't honor age in our society, and we certainly don't honor it in Hollywood.
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I didn't begin my life in 1975 with 'Horses.' I recorded 'Horses' in 1975, but was drawing in Paris in 1969.
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It's great for my confidence getting a letter saying 'All I want from life, Katie, is you and health.'
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A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.
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There's nothing wrong with being proud of who you are. It's a wonderful thing.
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I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».
