Natalie Portman Quotes

“Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.”

“Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.”

“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.”

“I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.”

“I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.”

“I remember how to be a person by being around them.”

“I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.”

“I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.”

“If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.”

“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.”

“My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.”

“New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.”

“Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.”

“There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.”

“When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.”

“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.”