Natalie Portman Quotes
As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
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A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
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I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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I'm not a programmer myself, but I am a very, very picky end user of technology. I like my machines to work they way they're supposed to, all the time.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
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Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
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Not all children have the anchor of a strong family.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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Men scream and go crazy in the gym. I'm a silent workout partner, but when my adrenaline gets up, I talk trash.
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I'm a great jazz fan.
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I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner.
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Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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Sanctions on Pakistan have been part of the troubled U.S.-Pakistan relationship in the past and should not be considered as an option in the future.
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You want to enjoy your night, and you don't want to suffer in your heels too long. Lipstick compensates for the lack of heels. It's a good option, and it works.
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As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."
