Natalie Portman Net Worth

Natalie Portman's Quotes

• On Lolita (1997): I don't think there needs to be a movie out where a child has sex with an adult.
• On Lolita (1997): I think there's enough exploitation out there that it's not necessary 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 Pulp Fiction (1994), 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.

Interesting Facts about Natalie Portman

1. Turned down a role in The Horse Whisperer (1998) to act in "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Broadway.
2. Graduated from Syosset High School in Syosset, New York in June 1999.
3. Has taken dance lessons since the age of 4. Still takes ballet classes.
4. Stated in a TV interview that with the exception of the Star Wars prequels, she will not act for the next four years in order to concentrate on studying at Harvard University (1999).
5. Can speak two languages, Hebrew and English (her native languages), fluently. Also knows some conversational French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic.
6. Originally turned down the role of Ann August in the film Anywhere But Here (1999) because of the love scene between herself and Corbin Allred that required nudity. Susan Sarandon, who had co-star approval, said she couldn't continue the movie without Portman, so the script was re-written without the scene and she accepted the role.
7. Was a member of the environmental song and dance troupe The World Patrol Kids under her real name, Natalie Hershlag.
8. She went to Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp in 1994 and 1995 where she was Anne in "Anne of Green Gables" in 1994 and "Tapestry" in 1995.
9. She was discovered in a pizza parlor and was originally turned down for the role of Mathilda in Léon (1994) because she was too young.
10. David Letterman and Harpers and Queen magazines said that she is "the new Audrey Hepburn".
11. Turned down the title role in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), due to her feelings about young adult actors/actresses being exposed to sex in films.
12. Before she was cast in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), she had never seen the original Star Wars trilogy. She admitted to James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), in 2004, that, before being cast, she didn't know the difference between "Star Wars" and "Star Trek".
13. Moved to the United States when she was 3 years old.
14. Turned down the role of Wendy Hood in The Ice Storm (1997) because she felt the material was "too dark". The role went to Christina Ricci, who has said she often gets the projects Natalie turns down.
15. Said would never be in a horror movie or any other "Jennifer Love Hewitt type" film
16. Has said in interviews that when she gets older, she would like to be a doctor like her father.
17. Was reportedly caught using a fake ID trying to sneak into Boston club called the Roxy. The performer Moby insisted that she was invited by him and refused to perform unless she was admitted. She was admitted, and security watched her as she stood in the back, watched the show, and didn't drink. She later stated in an online interview that the story about sneaking into the Roxy club in Boston was not true and that she and her friends went home after they were denied entrance.
18. Takes pride in the fact that she is a role model for girls and chooses roles that are positive so that they will have a positive role model to look up to.
19. Her father is a fertility specialist and gynecologist.
20. Auditioned for the role of young Amy March in Little Women (1994), which went to Kirsten Dunst.