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 think losing a child is unimaginable. It's every person's worst nightmare. It's unimaginably difficult. It shakes your faith in the world. It tests your optimism.
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I'm an only child. Which is kind of bad, because having a brother or sister is like another form of friendship. That's something I've missed out on, except I know that I couldn't be doing what I am doing now if I had brothers and sisters.
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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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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.
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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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Now I know myself, I feel more confident about being more sexual.
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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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This movie asks, when is violence ever justified? And it makes us wary of labels like terrorism. Obviously most people, unless they're Gandhi-like pacifists, can imagine some situation in which violence is a justifiable means to overcome injustice. It makes us realize that it's subjective; you have to agree with the cause in order to justify the violence.
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There was one reporter from South Korea that thought the movie was about the oppressive North Korea regime.
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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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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.