Natalie Portman
It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies.Collection: Character
I think it's about having a competent president, and I don't really think gender has to do with how Hillary Clinton will lead.Collection: Thinking
Hillary Clinton has a real history of uniting people, of being able to work with both Republicans and Democrats, of trying to fight for people's equal rights. Whereas we really see the polar opposite in her opponent.Collection: Real
To have to watch myself in a way that was constructively critical was really good for me because it made me a little bit more easy on myself because I wasn't allowed to walk away screaming.Collection: Way
I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking of a note, an existing piece immediately comes to mind. Just starting out, one of your biggest strengths is not knowing how things are supposed to be.Collection: Thinking
You see the amount of bullying and negativity that goes on [social media] that is really, really intense, and I feel lucky that I came of age before all of that came on.Collection: Bullying
As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."Collection: Directors
Ballet really lends itself to that because there's such a sense of ritual, with wrapping the shoes every day and preparing new shoes for every performance. It's such a process. It's almost religious, in nature.Collection: Religious
Normally I can't watch myself at all, and watching myself makes me cringe, and I cover my face, and it's very hard to watch.Collection: Watches
I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.Collection: Thinking
The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering.Collection: Facts
I honestly don't even really want to think about it; I'd rather focus on how wonderful she is. Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate. I think we're lucky to have someone as smart and capable and strong as she is wanting to be our president.Collection: Strong
The fact that [Hillary Clinton] is pushing for paid family leave and also for [affordable] childcare will make a huge difference for working women who aren't as lucky as I am to be able to hire a nanny when I work. And who aren't lucky enough to necessarily have their husbands be able to take off work. That will make a huge, huge difference.Collection: Husband
I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that opportunity before. That's exciting.Collection: Opportunity
One of the most exiting things about being pregnant is that I just am accepting the complete unknown; it's a complete mystery and miracle.Collection: Motherhood
I'm an only child. Which is kind of bad, because having a brother or sister is like another form of friendship. That's something I've missed out on, except I know that I couldn't be doing what I am doing now if I had brothers and sisters.Collection: Brother
I think that's the real shame: We spent the last 48 hours talking about these disgusting, disgusting comments and disgusting behavior instead of talking about hurricane relief or what's going on in Flint, Michigan. It's just appalling to have to be dealing with such nonsense and such disgusting, you know, criminal speech.Collection: Real
I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».Collection: Trying
I really want to get the word out to people to register because of course, the more people vote, the more our democracy works.Collection: People
Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.Collection: Pain
Basically I have, like, five really close friends - girls and guys. I like being friends with both because you can do different things with both.Collection: Girl
Actually I want to scare away method actors because it's a pain. It's like, 'Come on, what are you doing? It's not real. What are you doing? Oh, you're really brooding. Okay, good. Go to your trailer. I'll see you in an hour.'Collection: Pain
I always find it a little scary to say that I'm like a character.Collection: Character
We have so much separation between feeling the emotional and physical side of sex.Collection: Sex
Obviously, in a friendship there are always things, good and bad, that go on between people. You can't take away what's already happened. And if it's something that's really terrible, I think you have to forget about the friendship.Collection: Thinking
No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn't love enough?Collection: Love You
I mean the Internet is like the luckiest thing - we have everything at our fingertips right now.Collection: Mean
People who take everything to heart trivia - the most capable of genuinely love.Collection: Heart
Why are they making rules that say my lover can stay in the United States if they're foreign or share my health care benefits because I'm straight - but if you're gay, you can't have that?Collection: Gay
Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They feel medieval. I was very happy to stop wearing them.Collection: Mean
I've been really, lucky and sometimes you think, 'Why? How did this happen to me - what did I do to deserve this?' And you realize how much it's just luck. And then you see that there's a lot of people who are not as lucky as you are, and I want to like share that luck, you know?Collection: Thinking
I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold.Collection: Role Models
No one can live without friendship, because what would you do all day without friends?Collection: Without Friends
We have so much sex in our media that's disassociated from emotions. We have so much separation between feeling, and the emotional and the physical side of sex. They really do belong together.Collection: Sex
I was like a total cliched '80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair.Collection: Children
I'm pretty immature and get pretty embarrassed easily. I would check out once in a while certain shots to make sure that I felt OK because sometimes once you see it you realize it is fine.Collection: Immature
I'm with my friends more than I'm with my parents, but I know more about my parents than I know about my friends. That's something you get out of living with a person.Collection: Parent
It is interesting just generationally that you see that people are much more comfortable, and that's part of life now for this next generation of actors and just people in the world. But for those of us who were living when it didn't exist, being in social media feels like the last thing you want to do .Collection: Media
There were, like, 20 of [Jackie Kennedy's biographies], which was interesting because they are not exactly high literature - they are pulpy.But the [Arthur] Schlesinger transcripts ended up being the most useful of anything.Collection: Interesting
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 bellyCollection: Beer
I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art. It's an expression without words.Collection: Beautiful
Actual plans for how we help the economy, how we help the environment, how we help [deal with] violence in our cities. These are things that Hillary Clinton has always brought the conversation back to, when he's gone vulgar and he's gone low.Collection: Cities
I am more a teenager than anyone else I know. One minute I feel really adult and the next minute I say, 'Let's play hide-and-seek.'Collection: Teenager
I'm just upset that we've been distracted by so much noise and vulgarity when we could be trying to talk about how our country can get stronger.Collection: Country
I think losing a child is unimaginable. It's every person's worst nightmare. It's unimaginably difficult. It shakes your faith in the world. It tests your optimism.Collection: Children
I hear, more than ever, people actively searching for women to direct, actively wanting to finance women's films, which is not to say it is easy, but I think it's been a great instance of how journalism has put pressure on business to be more fair between genders.Collection: Thinking
I think the New York Public Library is so, so amazing. It's literally the coolest place - It's good shelter from the sun and it's the most beautiful building. It's really, really fun.Collection: Beautiful
There are still vestiges of societal limitations on women. I tend to think that has to do with opportunities that are available - it says a lot that it's still sometimes the best opportunity for a woman to be able to advance herself.Collection: Opportunity