Natalie Portman Quotes
The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering.
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the periods when we are least able to pay for them.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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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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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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We might as well give in to the tug of our spirits to explore this confounding and wondrous world. We might as well greet each other as endless pilgrims and bid each other well on our way. Because we're already on the road...
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Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you.
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I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?
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I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965.
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The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering.
