Natalie Portman Quotes
I get freaked out by pills. Everyone I know is always like, "I'm just going to take a Valium or an Ambien on the plane." But I can't do any of that stuff - it scares me.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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The writer works in a lonely way.
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I'm somebody who can laugh even at myself. That happens now and again, when I've made a mess of really simple things.
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At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so I'll go out for a drink with the girls.
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What do you mean 'gangsters'? It's business.
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The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who are worried about the guys on the ground getting shot.
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"Pursuit of happiness" implies that we're running after happiness and happiness is running away from us. It also implies that happiness is somewhere out there, in material goods, which we have to pursue, whereas I believe that it is an illusion happiness is not out there, it is within us.
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All that glitters is not hovery.
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Real revenge is making something of yourself.
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As a singer you're a great dancer.
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I always go into a character thinking, 'If it scares me, I can do it.'
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The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.
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If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.
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I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.
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I get freaked out by pills. Everyone I know is always like, "I'm just going to take a Valium or an Ambien on the plane." But I can't do any of that stuff - it scares me.
