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
trying want looks
I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».
trying use stuff
I'm trying to use whatever attention is focused on me and divert it to something that really deserves the attention and try and sort of stay out of the way of the rest of the stuff.
people trying news
I just stay away from the news and try and find people around me who are doing positive things and look to them.
based cling deeper elements enjoyed entertainment people planets popcorn simple
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.
hectic offended soon work
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.
cancer people victim
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.
lucky people problem respected seems
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.
time
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.
art
New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
classify romantic sad sort
I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.
I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs.
I remember how to be a person by being around them.
They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'