Natalie Portman Quotes
This section contains famous Natalie Portman Sayings & Quotes.
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“It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies.”
“First of all, they can be enjoyed on a real popcorn level, really simple entertainment where you can go to different planets and be completely transported to a different place. On a deeper level, it's based on mythological elements that are things people really cling to.”
“She's really explaining things to them that they probably knew when they were kids. Now, as they're growing up ... they're starting to analyze everything to death they kind of forget those simple logical things that kids know.”
“I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity for a girl.”
“I just thought it was amazing the character can go from being afraid of being political because of her experience with her parents to becoming politicized and convinced that violence was a way to express your political ideals.”
“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.”
“It's not really a problem for me. It seems like they take on the same people all the time, unfortunately for them. I've been lucky enough to have been respected by journalists.”
“This movie asks, when is violence ever justified? And it makes us wary of labels like terrorism. Obviously most people, unless they're Gandhi-like pacifists, can imagine some situation in which violence is a justifiable means to overcome injustice. It makes us realize that it's subjective; you have to agree with the cause in order to justify the violence.”
“There was one reporter from South Korea that thought the movie was about the oppressive North Korea regime.”
“You could certainly draw a modern parallel with America, couldn't you?”
“There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.”
“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.”
“I remember how to be a person by being around them.”