Top 40 Natalie Portman Quotes

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I don't know who would not classify themselves as a rom

I don’t know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.
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Cute is when a person’s personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them.
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I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I’m always like, ‘Can’t I just wear sweatpants?’
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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.
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It’s always strange being a kid on the set, because you’re treated like an equal when you’re working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school.
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I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl – that sort of effortless chic confidence and comfort in their own skin.
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Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.
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Young actors often don’t think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.
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I’m pretty hard on myself in general.
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The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it’s only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.
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I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
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Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.
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‘Star Wars’ hasn’t changed my life at all.
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I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show.
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I’m afraid of everything. But maybe when you’re afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you’re scared of nothing.
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It scares me to think that one day I’m not going to be in school anymore.
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Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.
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Where I live, nobody who’s fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it’s so important to preserve your innocence.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn’t comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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I was definitely different from the other kids… I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid.
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There are movies where we are interested in seeing people’s lives without agreeing with what they’re doing.
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I’ve stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they’re not being treated right.
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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.
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Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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I don’t think I’ve ever been in love, I’m sure I will be some day. I’ve had enormous crushes, although I’ve never been into the Brad Pitt thing.
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I was, like, a total cliched ’80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair.
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don’t already exist out there.
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I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs.
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the

I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn’t happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
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I don’t have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It’s fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.
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New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
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I don’t mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn’t criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it’s a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.
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I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important.
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
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When a guy tells me I’m cute, it’s not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I love milk so much! I make a point of drinking a glass of milk every day. So now anyone who did those milk ads with the milk mustaches, they’re my heroes.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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