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 Natalie Portman Quotation(On Lolita) "I don't think there needs to be a movie out where a child has sex with an adult." (On Lolita) I think there's enough exploitation out there that it's not nescessary to do more. "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 embarassing family, friends, and even strangers." (On Acting)"I started to do this at age 11. At age 20, I might say, this is enough." (On violence in the media) "We live in a violent world, but since the success of films like Movie Title: Pulp Fiction, it seems every movie has some violence in it, and it's now being used as a form of comedy- audiences are now being encouraged to laugh when people get their heads blown off. I just don't like hearing people laugh at violence." "I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold." "I want to use college to explore what other careers I might be interested in." (On acting) "I'm taking it day by day. Right now I like acting, but if something else sparks my interest in college, I'll do that. It's so limiting to say, this is it for the rest of my life. There are so many things that interest me-I love math, science, literature, languages." (On Lolita) "Let me tell you, this movie's going to be sleaze." "I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruined my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star." "I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you Know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it." "When I'm working they pretty much treat me like an adult, but then when there's a break everyone else goes to their trailers and drinks beer and I like, go to school." "There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life." "I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults." "Danny [Aiello] told me: 'Don't do televisio'." "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've never tried smoking. I don't drink. I've never tried drugs." (Australian Dolly August 2000) "Politics is easy to segue into from acting. I'm very interested in it, though I would never run for office. But after this, anything I do is going to seem very bizarre to me." (Interview October 1999) "No, but I've been thinking about it a lot. I love acting, but I don't know if there's something out there that I love more. That's what college is going to be about for me - checking things out." (Interview October 1999) When asked by Seventeen magazine what advice she had for teenagers going off to college she said, "I would say practicing laundry it's so hard." (November 1999) "There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor." (Seventeen, November 1999) Told the November 1999 issue of Mademoiselle magazine that she wished she knew David Letterman because, "He seems to be so smart, but you never get to hang out with him after the show." When asked by German Cosmopolitan (3/00) if she would like having herself as a daughter she replied, "Well of course. I am a good person, nice, smart, witty, trustworthy, know nice people, don't do drugs and earn a lot of money." On what she likes about her parents: "They have made it quite clear that they believe I can be great. Had my parents expected less of me,I would not be the person I am now. And I am very happy with myself." (German Cosmopolitan March 2000) "I'm not planning to be an actress as an adult, I'm planning other things for my future." Source: Venice Magazine July 1995 "I don't think I'd be able to deal with just acting, because I don't know if you get to use your brain that much. You do, for certain roles, but not most. Acting is more of a hobby for me." "There's a big intellectual aspect that's kind of lacking, " she says of acting in films. "Right now I supplement that through being in school. I'm not sure I'd be happy if I was just acting. I haven't explored a lot of other avenues. Hopefully I'll figure it out by the end of school, so I know what I want to do with my life." When asked about her prom dress: "A designer is going to give me something to wear. It's the most amazing perk I have." "I didn't have this undying need to be an actress. I didn't have that fire in me ever -- at any point. And still, I don't think I have that within me." "I don't really know if acting would have ultimately become my passion as an adult, or if there's something else I would have found had I not been in the pizza shop. That's what college is helping me investigate." "I'm ready to ditch the movies and keep at the books. There are so many other things, and it would feel limiting to say, 'Acting is it for me.'... I love psychology. That's what I'm studying right now. It would probably be difficult, because of my current occupation, to become a clinical psychologist, but I could certainly do research. And I'd like to have a family someday, too." It's horrible to be a sex object at any age, but at least when you're an adult you can make the decision if you want to degrade yourself. "I don't go wagging my boobs around in people's faces" - Rolling Stone (USA) June, 2002 "I couldn't be anorexic because I like food too much, and I couldn't be bulimic because I hate throwing up too much." "I've wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, a vet - these are things I've said in interviews. Before that, I wanted to be a mermaid and a fairy". "I was in a relationship recently with someone who yelled at me for being too much in my head, you know? He said I was thinking too much about everything". "I usually run three or four times a week now. Pretty boring, but it's so worth is. It's done wonders for my mood". "I basically have a little boy's body. They tell me, 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'" (on traveling through Morocco with a guide and sleeping in tents) "They knew that I am Israeli, and yet they still opened the doors of their houses for me, offering me tea, they all were nice and hospitable." "As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that." "My contemporaries in Israel have a love for life that's amazing. There, there is not the luxurious and rich existence of material goods of Hollywood films, every day they struggle to survive, but they still have an enthusiasm difficult to find elsewhere." "My grandfather was a Polish Jew and a socialist, and as a youngster he helped to organize special camps to teach agriculture to all the young men that where moving to Israel, where in 1930, they created the first kibbutz." "At college I began to do research for a professor and so I became part of the organization promoted by the Queen of Jordon: the Foundation for International Community Assistance. That offers microcredits, offering small loans of money to women who want to start their own businesses. The interest is very low and the results are extraordinary." I'm pretty much a boring Goody Two-shoes. I've definitely gotten drunk before, I don't think it's possible to go through college without getting drunk, but I don't really like it at all. I actually tried my first cigarette last year at school. I just figured, if many people are smoking, there must be something to it, and before I pooh-pooh it I should at least know what it's about. I took one puff and I was like, OK, I was right. There's nothing to it. They're just wrong, it's disgusting. Movie Title: Where the Heart Is (2000) as Novalee Nation: Mama Lil : You got a man? Novalee Nation : No. Mama Lil : Well, where is the prick who put you in this mess? Novalee Nation : California. Mama Lil : That figures. All the pricks move to California. They should just call it Prickafornia. Novalee Nation : Oh, I got money. The president of Wal-Mart gave me five hundred dollars. Mama Lil : Why, he's not the father of the baby, is he? Novalee Nation : No. Mama Lil : Ah, shit. Novalee Nation : I lied because I thought you deserved something better. Forney Hull : Something better than you? Novalee, nothing could be better than you. Novalee Nation : You tell them that our lives can change with every breath we take... and to hold on like hell to what they've got: each other, and a mother who would die for them and almost did... You tell them we've all got bad in us, but we've got goodness too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. And that's why we've got to make sure we pass it on. Novalee Nation : I think I might be pregnant. You remember that guy I told you about last month? Lexie Coop : The good-lookin' mechanic? Novalee Nation : I don't know what's wrong with me. I didn't even want to be with him. Lexie Coop : Didn't he use anything? Novalee Nation : Just me. Novalee Nation : I ain't never lived in a house that didn't have wheels on it. Thelma 'Sister' Husband : You used to call me Telma because you couldn't say Thelma [Novalee just looks at her] Thelma 'Sister' Husband : You can say Thelma can't you? Novalee Nation : [softly] Thelma Novalee Nation : Americus what are you doing? Americus : Eatin' dough in my nose. Novalee Nation : Do i look professional? Forney Hull : Well you know what'd help? Novalee Nation : What? Forney Hull : If you brought your camera Novalee Nation : SHIT!... [to Americus] Novalee Nation : Mommy did'nt say shit! Americus : Yes she did. Novalee Nation : I lied, Forney. Forney Hull : You lied? You didn't go to Tennessee? Movie Title: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) as Queen Amidala: Anakin : Are you an angel? Queen Amidala : What? Anakin : An angel. I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They live on the moons of Iego, I think. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe. Queen Amidala : You're a funny little boy. How do you know so much? Anakin : I listen to all the traders and star pilots who come through here. I'm a pilot, you know, and someday I'm going to fly away from this place. Queen Amidala : You're a slave? Anakin : I'm a person and my name is Anakin. Queen Amidala : I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war. Queen Amidala : I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee! Queen Amidala : Our people are dying, Senator. We must do something quickly to stop the Federation. Senator Palpatine : To be realistic, your Majesty. I think we are going to have to accept Federation control for the time being. Queen Amidala : That is something I cannot do. Queen Amidala : How did you end up here with us? Jar Jar Binks : I don't know. Mesa day startin pretty okee-day with a brisky morning munchy, then BOOM! Gettin very scared and grabbin that Jedi and POW! Mesa here! Mesa gettin' very very scared! Movie Title: Mars Attacks! (1996) as Taffy Dale: Taffy Dale : Guess it wasn't the dove. Movie Title: Beautiful Girls (1996) as Marty: Marty : I might just grow to be five-ten. I'll be hot. Marty : What we've been doing lately is smoking massive amounts of drugs, binging on Entemmann's and listening to old Pink Floyd CD's. Marty : I like to mash snow. It gives me a tremendous feeling of self satisfaction. Marty : If I'm not mistaken, you've come back here to the house of loneliness and tears, to Daddy Downer and Brother Bummer, to come to some sort of decision about life, a life decision if you will. Willie Conway : How old are you? Marty : Thirteen. But I have an old soul. Marty : It's a tragedy of Elizabethan proportions. Marty : Alas, poor Romeo, we can't do diddly. Paul : So you're the little neighborhood Lolita. Marty : So you're the alcoholic high school buddy shit for brains. Willie Conway : [from a window] Hey. Marty : Romeo and Juliet, the dyslexic version. Willie Conway : Are you a cop? Marty : No. Marty : Two words not in her vocabulary: lunch money. Movie Title: The Professional (1994) as Mathilda: Léon : And stop saying "okay" all the time. Okay? Mathilda : Okay. Léon : Good. Mathilda : I am already grown up, I just get older. Mathilda : Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid? Léon : Always like this. Mathilda : Leon, what exactly do you do for a living? Léon : [Leon] Cleaner. Mathilda : You mean you're a hit man? Léon : [reluctantly] Yeah. Mathilda : Cool. Mathilda : Do you "clean" anyone? Léon : No women, no kids, that's the rules. Mathilda : How much would it cost to hire someone to get those dirtbags who killed my brother? Léon : Five grand a head. Mathilda : Wow. How about this: I work for you; in exchange, you teach me how to clean. Hmmm? What do you think? I'll clean your place, I'll do the shopping, I'll even wash your clothes. Is it a deal? Mathilda : I've decided what to do with my life. I wanna be a cleaner. Léon : You wanna be a cleaner? [passes her a gun and bullets] Léon : Here, take it. It's a goodbye gift. Go clean. But not with me. I work alone, understand? Alone. Mathilda : Bonnie and Clyde didn't work alone. Thelma and Louise didn't work alone. And they were the best. Mathilda : You killed my brother. Stansfield : I'm sorry. And you want to join him? Mathilda : No. Stansfield : It's always the same thing. It's when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life. Do you like life, sweetheart? Mathilda : Yes. Stansfield : That's good, because I take no pleasure in taking life if it's from a person who doesn't care about it. Mathilda : Can we try with real bullets now? [To receptionist after being asked about her father (Leon)] Mathilda : He's not my father. He's my lover. Mathilda : I am writing here the name of a girl in the class who makes me sick. If things get hot, she'll take the heat. Orphanage Headmistress : Now tell me what happened to you. Mathilda : OK. My family they got shot down by D.E.A. officers because of a drug problem. I left with the greatest guy on earth. He was a hitman, the best in town, but he died this morning. And if you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight. Mathilda : Leon, I think I'm falling in love with you. It's the first time for me, you know? Léon : How do you know it's love if you've never been in love before? Mathilda : 'Cause I feel it. Léon : Where? Mathilda : In my stomach. It's all warm. I always had a knot there and now... it's gone. Léon : Mathilda, I'm glad you don't have a stomach ache any more. I don't think it means anything. Mathilda : I don't give a shit about sleeping, Leon. I want love, or death. That's it. Mathilda : There's no doorbell. Léon : So knock on the door. Mathilda : How are we getting out of here now? Léon : Leave it to me. We're checking out. Mathilda : I don't wanna lose you, Leon." Léon : You're not going to lose me. You've given me a taste for life. I wanna be happy. Sleep in a bed, have roots. And you'll never be alone again, Mathilda. Please, go now, baby, go. Calm down, go now, go. Mathilda : [after planting Leon's plant in the school grounds] I think we'll be ok here, Leon. Movie Title: Anywhere But Here (1999) as Ann / Annie: Annie : That summer I turned seventeen...and started planning my escape. Ann : You don't have a job in the Los Angeles school district. Adele : I have an interview, and a great outfit. Ann : I hate the Beach Boys!...They're too happy and sunny! Movie Title: Garden State (2004) as Sam: Sam : Hey, I recognize you from T.V. Didn't you play the retarded quarterback? Andrew Largeman : Yea Sam : Are you really retarded? Andrew Largeman : No Sam : This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing. Sam : I haven't even lied in like, the past two days. Andrew Largeman : Is that true? Sam : No. Andrew Largeman : Fuck, this hurts. Sam : I know it hurts. But it's life, and it's real. And sometimes it fucking hurts, but it's life, and it's pretty much all we got. Movie Title: Everyone Says I Love You (1996) as Laura: Laura : Please, no humiliating schemes. Laura : [singing] I'm through with love, I'll never fall again. Steffi : What are you talking about? Your only 14! Bob : [singing] I'm through with love, I'll never fall again. Steffi : What are you talking about? Your not in love with holden! Movie Title: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) as Padme: Padme : You're not all-powerful, Ani. Anakin : Well, I should be. Padme : We live in a real world, Annie. Come back to it. Padme : Please don't look at me like that. Anakin : Why not? Padme : Because it makes me feel uncomfortable. Anakin : Sorry my lady. Padme : It must be difficult having sworn your life to the Jedi... not being able to visit the places you like... or do the things you like. Anakin : Or be with the people I love. Padme : Are you allowed to love? I thought that was forbidden for a Jedi. [Anakin and Padme are about to be carted into the arena] Anakin : Don't be afraid. Padme : I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life. Anakin : What are you talking about? Padme : I love you. Anakin : You love me? I thought we had decided not to fall in love. That we'd be forced to love a lie and that it would destroy our lives. Padme : I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway. I truly... deeply... love you and before we die I want you to know. Anakin : When I got to them we got into aggressive negotiations. Padme : Aggressive negotiations? What's that? Anakin : Ah well it's negotiations with a lightsaber. Padme : We'd be living a lie. I couldn't do that. Could you Ani? Padme : All mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like. It's the only way we grow. Padme : Sometimes there are things no one can fix. Padme : Ani? My goodness, you've grown. Anakin : So have you, grown more beautiful... for a senator, I mean. Padme : Ani, you'll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine. Padme : We used to come here for school retreat. We would swim to that island every day. I love the water. We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing. Anakin : I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth. Padme : To be angry is to be human. Anakin : I'm a Jedi. I can be better than this. Anakin : You call this a diplomatic Solution? Padme : No, I call it an aggressive negotiation. Queen Jamillia : The day we stop believing democracy can work is the day we lose it. Padme : Let's pray that day never comes. Movie Title: Cold Mountain (2003) as Sara: Sara : I'm alone here, as you can see, with my baby. I need to believe you mean no harm. [Inman takes out his gun] Inman : No, I mean to give it to you. Sara : I don't want it. If I had my way they'd take metal altogether out of this world. Every blade, every gun. |
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