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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.

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Natalie Portman
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: June 9
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I think Hillary Clinton has made great strides in doing so, even though there are people who want to bring us back to the '50s and still define a woman by her husband and her husband's legacy. But she has proven herself to be a force on her own and is an example to us of how women should and can be judged on their own merits.
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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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It's a big honour to have people be excited about a movie that you make. That's the one thing that you want.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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The best thing you can hope for, when you make a movie and you put your soul into it, is that people respond to it well.
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It's a lot easier to make friends when you're younger, because kids are a lot less judgmental than adults. They're more like, O.K., let's be friends. Not, So, what's your job? What's your marriage status?
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Sometimes just watching a person doing the things they would only do at home lets you know who they really are.
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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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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like.
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Hillary Clinton wants to push for equal pay and for paid family leave and for better and cheaper childcare.
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In real life I'm not the one who's playing with guns or smoking.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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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.
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Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.
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