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

Natalie Portman

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

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" 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. "

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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'm pretty hard on myself in general. "

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" 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. "

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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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" Committing yourself to one person is sacred. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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. "

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

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

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

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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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" Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent. "

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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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" 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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