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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. "
Natalie Portman
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" I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful. "
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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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" It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore. "
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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 was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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 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 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 usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?' "
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" The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you. "
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" When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer. "
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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. "
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" 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?' "
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