Natalie Portman Quotes

I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.

Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.

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.

The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.

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.

If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.

It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.

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.

My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.

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

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all.

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.

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.

There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.

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.

There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.

They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.

When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.

When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer.

When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'

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.

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.