3 December 2020 Natalie Portman 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.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman 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.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman There are movies where we are interested in seeing people’s lives without agreeing with what they’re doing.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman 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?’
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman 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.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman 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.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman When a guy tells me I’m cute, it’s not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.
