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If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener.

Natalie Portman

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Natalie Portman
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: June 9
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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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I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!
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The moment you buy into the idea that you're above anyone else, is the moment you need to be slapped in the face.
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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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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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If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.
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