Natalie Portman Quotes

People say, "Why is it that you love to act?" And you want to say, "Well, most of acting is sitting in your trailer, either bored or worried about the scene coming up." A lot of it is about things you don't really like, so it's a wonder why acting is such a huge draw, why everyone loves it so much.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that.

Acting is not just something I love but a part of who I am.

For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.

I've got three sons, and two of them would absolutely hate being on the stage and never liked appearing in their school plays or musicals, but the middle one absolutely loves it and never shows any sign of nerves or pressure and really gets a kick out of performing. I think it depends entirely on the child. And that applies to anything whether it's sport or entertainment or music or film.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

I do some acting. And there's a difference between "I do some acting" and "I'm an actor."

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

I love acting. I love what I do. I am absolutely filled every day with gratitude that I get to do it.

I love to act, I've always wanted to be an actor. I think that acting and fiction go nicely together - being able to visualize language as something you perform, not just something that's there on the page.

If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else.

All I knew how to do was to act. That's the only thing I had in my favor. That was the thing that propelled me forward.

I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that.

Being an actor is really odd. So, don't take that as your reality - take your family, take your friends, take your relationships - that's your reality. And hang on to them.

There's nothing wrong with being an actor, if that's what a man wants. But there's everything wrong with achieving an exalted status simply because one photographs well and is able to handle dialogue".

It's actually easier to play a leading role than it is to play a supporting role.

I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock.

I love acting, but I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.

Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.

I stopped acting when I was about nineteen, twenty, when I got thrown out of college. I did act for about ten years. I don't know. I suspect I'm still a reasonably good actor, but I don't really know that I want to get on the stage again ... and having to say all those boring words by me over and over again ... I don't know if I want to do that. Also, I like a certain amount of freedom of movement, and if you're acting, you're stuck in one place for a long time. Having said that, I will probably be onstage next fall.

You know, you should start to be in plays and things like that. Write some scripts. If you're an artist and you truly don't believe what you're spittin' then you need to really seriously be an actor then.

Marlon once said to me about being an actor: Can you imagine going to work every day and pretending to be someone else?

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

I absolutely love being on stage. I live and breathe the stage, and nothing makes me happier, but to perform.