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

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.
Natalie Portman

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

They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'
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