Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portmanis an actress, film producer and film director with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 June 1981
CityJerusalem, Israel
CountryUnited States of America
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I just thought it was amazing the character can go from being afraid of being political because of her experience with her parents to becoming politicized and convinced that violence was a way to express your political ideals.
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I always find it a little scary to say that I'm like a character.
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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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It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies.
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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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People are just funny sometimes if you find the right character.
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First of all, they can be enjoyed on a real popcorn level, really simple entertainment where you can go to different planets and be completely transported to a different place. On a deeper level, it's based on mythological elements that are things people really cling to.
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As soon as it offended people, we moved, ... We had a very hectic work schedule, so we weren't thinking. We shouldn't have done it.
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People will think I'm a neo-Nazi or a cancer victim or a lesbian.
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She's really explaining things to them that they probably knew when they were kids. Now, as they're growing up ... they're starting to analyze everything to death they kind of forget those simple logical things that kids know.
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It's not really a problem for me. It seems like they take on the same people all the time, unfortunately for them. I've been lucky enough to have been respected by journalists.
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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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New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
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I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.