Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portmanis an actress, film producer and film director with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 June 1981
CityJerusalem, Israel
CountryUnited States of America
mom growing-up voice
When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come to me are through a female voice in my head. My stories seem to naturally be about females.
falling-in-love mean thinking
Sure. I've never dated a woman of anything like that, But, I mean, I think it's much more the person that you fall in love with – and why would you close yourself off to fifty percent of the people?
opportunity thinking able
There are still vestiges of societal limitations on women. I tend to think that has to do with opportunities that are available - it says a lot that it's still sometimes the best opportunity for a woman to be able to advance herself.
school kids beer
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.
doctors mermaid vets
I've wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, a vet - these are things I've said in interviews. Before that, I wanted to be a mermaid and a fairy
They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'
I remember how to be a person by being around them.
I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs.
classify romantic sad sort
I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.
art
New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
time
The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.
hug run shines time
Cute is when a person's personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them.
books films romance romantic watching
I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
cabbage cliched cut draw faces patch total
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.