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" 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. "
Natalie Portman
Wish
Confidence
Think
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star. "
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" 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. "
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" I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world. "
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" You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking. "
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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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" Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance. "
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" I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no. "
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Always
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" 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. "
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" I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year. "
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" I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing. "
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" If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot. "
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" 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. "
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" I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs. "
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" Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture. "
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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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" I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I remember how to be a person by being around them. "
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" I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork. "
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" It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore. "
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" There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing. "
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" I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful. "
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" 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. "
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