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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. "
Natalie Portman
Little
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Always
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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 tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there. "
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" 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. "
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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'm pretty hard on myself in general. "
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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 was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid. "
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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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" I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful. "
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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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" I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day. "
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" 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! "
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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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" A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with. "
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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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