"After seeing Apollo 13,
what I really want to be is an astronaut. I'm dying to
go to space camp next summer!" - Natalie Portman
"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." - Natalie Portman
"Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're
attractive at all." - Natalie Portman
"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." - Natalie Portman
"Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning
experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture." -
Natalie Portman
"I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my
life will be always more important." - Natalie Portman
"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." - Natalie Portman
"I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like
learning. Learning is beautiful." - Natalie Portman
"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
"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
"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!" - Natalie Portman
"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." - Natalie
Portman
"I loved school so much that most of my classmates
considered me a dork." - Natalie Portman
"I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we
visit there, once or twice a year." - Natalie Portman
"I think school is so much harder than real life. People
are so much more accepting when they are adults." -
Natalie Portman
"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." - Natalie Portman
"I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week,
and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show." -
Natalie Portman
"I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day." - Natalie
Portman
"I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with
the people I want to be with." - Natalie Portman
"I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my
career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star." -
Natalie Portman
"If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks
you're hot." - Natalie Portman
"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be
in school anymore." - 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
"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." - Natalie Portman
"My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done
it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen." - Natalie
Portman
"Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great
people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts
your performance." - Natalie Portman
"Smart women love smart men more than smart men love
smart women." - Natalie Portman
"Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all." - Natalie
Portman
"The best part about being friends with your parents is
that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving
you." - Natalie Portman
"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." - Natalie Portman
"There's so much else to do in the world. To just be
interested in doing films would limit my life." -
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." - Natalie Portman
"When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at
my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little
entertainer." - 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." - Natalie Portman