Natalie Portman Quotes - Page 5

I'm pretty immature and get pretty embarrassed easily. I would check out once in a while certain shots to make sure that I felt OK because sometimes once you see it you realize it is fine.

I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.

My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.

Small loans can transform lives, especially the lives of women and children. The poor can become empowered instead of disenfranchised. Homes can be built, jobs can be created, businesses can be launched, and individuals can feel a sense of worth again.

Sure. I've never dated a woman of anything like that, But, I mean, I think it's much more the person that you fall in love with – and why would you close yourself off to fifty percent of the people?

People think the film industry is going to corrupt me, but I feel like it's kept me more innocent, in a way. I wasn't really home when my friends were trying pot for the first time. I was always around adults who wouldn't smoke or curse or do anything like that around me. I don't do things that are dangerous to myself. I don't want to hurt myself

Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there.

Microcredit is about giving hope.

Use Starbucks mints for every occasion—they're the strongest

Sometimes just watching a person doing the things they would only do at home lets you know who they really are.

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

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.

Your director is your everything and you devote yourself to them and you want to help create their vision.

It's horrible to be a sex object at any age, but at least when you're an adult you can make the decision if you want to degrade yourself.

You can tell when someone likes you just because you're in a movie, because all they talk about is the movie, and all they talk about is the movie business.

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.

I think that we, women, are so often defined by who our husbands are and what our husbands do. And it's time for that to end.

Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance.

I have nice ears. I have no lobes, which was disappointing for a while, but I've gotten over it and learned to love them. Being lobeless isn't the end of the world

There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.

I couldn't be anorexic because I like food too much, and I couldn't be bulimic because I hate throwing up too much.

There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor.

I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show.

And then there is Cate Blanchett. She is different all the time.