Natalie Portman Quotes
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I read every biography of Jackie Kennedy I could get my hands on.
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I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over 40 films and I worked with my first female director, on a feature, "Planetarium". And it's still the only one.
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It's so much unwanted interest in your privacy that you don't want to invite anymore.
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Love is very much perceived as "I couldn't control myself; it's love." But you can. Everything you do in response is a choice.
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I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
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I think the New York Public Library is so, so amazing. It's literally the coolest place - It's good shelter from the sun and it's the most beautiful building. It's really, really fun.
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I studied psychology in school, and the best psychology is in literature. It's so much easier to understand a character than a theory. You can recognize yourself—or other people—in a different way.
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Sometimes it's better to forgive and forget. And sometimes, on the other hand, it's better to leave the friendship.
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If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.
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I think that most women know what happens that leads you to a point where you're not even looking for intimacy anymore. You're just looking for the physical side of it and not the emotional side of it.
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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.
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Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate.
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I really want to get the word out to people to register because of course, the more people vote, the more our democracy works.
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I've wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, a vet - these are things I've said in interviews. Before that, I wanted to be a mermaid and a fairy.
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When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come to me are through a female voice in my head. My stories seem to naturally be about females.
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Normally I can't watch myself at all, and watching myself makes me cringe, and I cover my face, and it's very hard to watch.
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The more money a woman has, the more educated she is, and the more educated she is, the more she knows about how to prevent pregnancy, and also has more reproductive control - she feels a greater ability to say no to a man when she doesn't have to depend on him for money.
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I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking of a note, an existing piece immediately comes to mind. Just starting out, one of your biggest strengths is not knowing how things are supposed to be.
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I usually run three or four times a week now. Pretty boring, but it's so worth is. It's done wonders for my mood.
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I'm with my friends more than I'm with my parents, but I know more about my parents than I know about my friends. That's something you get out of living with a person.
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I'm not a perfectionist but I'm definitely, or well, I like discipline. I'm obedient. I'm not a perfectionist.
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I think you always need to be able to relate to your characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean...you have to understand why they do what they do, but you don't actually have to be like that yourself.
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Your director is your everything and you devote yourself to them and you want to help create their vision.
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It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies.