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After seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to be is an astronaut. I'm dying to go to space camp next summer!
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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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Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.
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Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. Like, when you see someone's personality in the way they walk and you just feel like hugging them every time you see them.
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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 am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important.
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I can sleep a whole day. If no one woke me up, I would sleep for 24 hours. I think it's a combination of my age and my appreciation for sleep. Sleep is so wonderful. Sometimes you can oversleep and feel like you've waster your time, but I think it's one of the bestways to spend your time.
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I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.
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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.
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I don't want to sound superficial, but when I go see a movie myself, I'd rather look at Tom Cruise than some shmo with a beer belly.
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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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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 moustaches, they're my heroes.
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I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.
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I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.
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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 usually run three or four times a week now. Pretty boring, but it's so worth is. It's done wonders for my mood.
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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 a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.
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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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I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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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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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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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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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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People think the film industry is going to corrupt me, but I feel like it's kept me more innocent, in a way. I wasn't really home when my friends were trying pot for the first time. I was always around adults who wouldn't smoke or curse or do anything like that around me. I don't do things that are dangerous to myself. I don't want to hurt myself.
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Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.
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Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all.
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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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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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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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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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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.

Biography

Natalie Hershlag (stage name Natalie Portman; born 9 June, 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. The name "Portman" is taken from her grandmother's maiden name; her ethnic background is Judaeo-Polish.

She was born in Jerusalem but her family soon relocated to the United States, first Maryland, then Connecticut, before finally settling down in Long Island, New York. She was discovered in a pizzeria at the age of eleven by an agent for Revlon, who wanted her to model. Soon thereafter she was introduced to acting talent scouts and made her movie début at the age of twelve playing a child who befriends a much older assassin in Luc Besson's movie Léon (aka "The Professional").

During her teen years Portman went on to star in the movie Beautiful Girls and had a minor role in Everyone Says I Love You. She was one of many celebrities who played themselves in the comedy Zoolander. Portman was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for her role as Ann August in Anywhere But Here.

While pursuing her bachelor's degree in psychology at Harvard she appeared in the Star Wars prequel trilogy of movies, which were filmed during her summer break from university. Among Star Wars fans she is known for playing the role of Padmé Amidala in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones and the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith.

After graduating from Harvard in 2003 Natalie had a small role as a young war widow in the Oscar winning movie Cold Mountain. That was followed in 2004 by starring roles in the successful independent movies Garden State and Closer, winning a Supporting Actress Golden Globe for her role as Alice in Closer. She was also nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar for the same role.

Personal life

Education


Portman graduated Syosset High School in Syosset, New York; June of 1999 and was a straight-A honors student. After high school she continued to maintain straight-A's through her time at Harvard where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology June 5, 2003. As of 2005 Portman is pursuing graduate studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Ideology


Portman has been a vegetarian since she was eight years old.

Portman spends some of her free time involved in causes such as financing small-scale women's projects in Africa and the Democrats' 2004 U.S. presidential campaign.

Controversy


Portman was interviewed for the August 2004 issue of Allure magazine; in that article, she was quoted as saying "Oh my God! I'm not black, but I know what it feels like!" This prompted her to follow up with a letter to their editor:

On Wednesday, February 23, 2005, Israeli Police chased her away from Jerusalem's Western Wall after protests by religious Jews who were praying at the holy site. She and actor Aki Avni were kissing next to the Wall for a movie called "Free Zone." This was deemed to be immodest for the holy site. Men who were praying heckled the couple until police stepped in and suggested they return later. The site is under the authority of Orthodox Judaism, and Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who is responsible for the site, said the actors' conduct violated the code of conduct. (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=77407)

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