I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there. Natalie Portman More Quotes by Natalie Portman More Quotes From Natalie Portman Sometimes people say something to you and you're like, "I respect you so much, I love what you do, but I disagree. I don't think that's right for the way I see it." Natalie Portman peoplewaythinking Some relationships aren't true relationships. And it's usually when the other person does something really terrible that you realize it. And that's when it's time to move on. Natalie Portman time-to-move-ondoemoving A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with. Natalie Portman feministvulnerablereal I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing». Natalie Portman charitytryinglooks If we can find ways to love life and be joyful without being wasteful or destructive--that's what's important. Natalie Portman love-lifeimportantway We have so much separation between feeling the emotional and physical side of sex. Natalie Portman emotionalfeelingssex Actual plans for how we help the economy, how we help the environment, how we help [deal with] violence in our cities. These are things that Hillary Clinton has always brought the conversation back to, when he's gone vulgar and he's gone low. Natalie Portman violencecitiesgone Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place. Natalie Portman helping-othersresponsibilitypeace I am more a teenager than anyone else I know. One minute I feel really adult and the next minute I say, 'Let's play hide-and-seek.' Natalie Portman teenageradultsplay I do think there is a sort of natural balance in nature between men and women, and that it's being thrown off-balance by the social and economic inequities between men and women. Natalie Portman balancementhinking I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art. It's an expression without words. Natalie Portman girlbeautifulart If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences. Natalie Portman artisticrisktaken I think that's the real shame: We spent the last 48 hours talking about these disgusting, disgusting comments and disgusting behavior instead of talking about hurricane relief or what's going on in Flint, Michigan. It's just appalling to have to be dealing with such nonsense and such disgusting, you know, criminal speech. Natalie Portman realtalkingthinking I studied psychology in school, and the best psychology is in literature. It's so much easier to understand a character than a theory. You can recognize yourself—or other people—in a different way. Natalie Portman characterpeopleschool 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. Natalie Portman rolessexthinking 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 Natalie Portman soundbeerlooks I'm an only child. Which is kind of bad, because having a brother or sister is like another form of friendship. That's something I've missed out on, except I know that I couldn't be doing what I am doing now if I had brothers and sisters. Natalie Portman only-childbrotherchildren I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over 40 films and I worked with my first female director, on a feature, "Planetarium". And it's still the only one. Natalie Portman scriptsmeanyears I learned to observe other people - that’s sort of what it teaches you. To pay attention. Which can also be a really natural human skill so I don’t think I’m better equipped than other human beings. Natalie Portman skillsattentionpeople I feel really urgent about this election. This is the first time in my voting life that I feel not only passionate about my candidate, but also that the alternative would be catastrophic. I want to help the best candidate win. Natalie Portman votingwinningfirsts
