Natalie Portman Quotes

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

"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."

"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."

"Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent."

"Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women."

"I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day."

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

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

"I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing."

"You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there."

"I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star."

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

"I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid."

"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."

"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."

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

"I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad."

"I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl - that sort of effortless chic confidence and comfort in their own skin."

"When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer."

"'Star Wars' hasn't changed my life at all."

"When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'"

"I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy."

"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!"

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

"Committing yourself to one person is sacred."

"I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year."

"I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'"

"I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no."

"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."

"I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right."