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

Natalie Portman

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

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

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

" I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking. "

Natalie Portman

" Committing yourself to one person is sacred. "

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

" Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture. "

Natalie Portman

" New York is more where art is bought than where art is made. "

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

" You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there. "

Natalie Portman

" I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer! "

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

" I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important. "

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

" 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

" 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. "

Natalie Portman

" Everyone dreams of living in Paris. "

Natalie Portman

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

Natalie Portman