Natalie Portman quotes

Natalie Portman is an Israeli-American actress, producer, and director, acclaimed for her versatility and intelligence. Her performances span a wide range of genres, earning her numerous awards including an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is also known for her activism and academic achievements outside of her film career. Here are 76 of her quotes:

People who take everything to heart trivia - the most capable of genuinely love.

Natalie Portman

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

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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 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 love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.

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Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.

Natalie Portman

My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.

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It was wonderful playing a young queen with so much power. I think it will be good for young women to see a strong woman of action who is also smart and a leader.

Natalie Portman

I had a fashion designer tell me that when I wear a dress of his, it sells out across the country because Jewish girls ‘look to me,' and Jewish girls are the ones that buy expensive dresses. It made me sad, because I want to be an influence in ways other than by a pretty dress.

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It's weird that there are so many people at Harvard who do amazing things outside the classroom. It just so happens that people like to watch what I do.

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I've taught at Harvard, Dartmouth and Vassar, and I've had the privilege of teaching a lot of very bright kids. There are very few who are as inherently bright as Natalie is, who have as much intellectual horsepower, who work as hard as she did. She didn't take a single thing for granted.

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

Natalie Portman

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

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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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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

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

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

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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 pretty hard on myself in general.

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.

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