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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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" 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. "

Natalie Portman

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People

" 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. "

" I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it. "

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

Natalie Portman

Father

Done

" 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. "

" I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?' "

" 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. "

" I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity. "

" I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork. "

Natalie Portman

Classmates

Loved

" I remember how to be a person by being around them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

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" 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. "

" I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone. "

" 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. "

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

" I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star. "

" I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year. "

" I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs. "

" I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred. "

" A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with. "

" I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults. "

" I'm pretty hard on myself in general. "

" I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with. "