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

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Natalie Portman
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: June 9
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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.
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And then there is Cate Blanchett. She is different all the time.
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The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering.
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
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Hillary Clinton has really strong plans, in terms of the economy, extending health care even further, making education more affordable, making smart gun law changes to prevent the kind of disasters we've been seeing on a daily basis.
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I get freaked out by pills. Everyone I know is always like, I'm just going to take a Valium or an Ambien on the plane. But I can't do any of that stuff - it scares me.
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There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor.
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I do think there is a sort of natural balance in nature between men and women, and that it's being thrown off-balance by the social and economic inequities between men and women.
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I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'
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I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over 40 films and I worked with my first female director, on a feature, Planetarium. And it's still the only one.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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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.
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I think that we, women, are so often defined by who our husbands are and what our husbands do. And it's time for that to end.
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A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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In real life I'm not the one who's playing with guns or smoking.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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