Natalie Portman Quotes

I thought I would write something that would make some people uncomfortable. . . . What intrigued me, I think, was the idea of women of my own generation who were successful, intelligent, coming to power and suddenly in the public arena. I started to think about what they are allowed and what they are not allowed.

I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary.

I definitely think women are running it right now. We are not afraid to speak our minds. It's exciting because that's what I stand for, for people to be irreverent and to be themselves.

I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.

With more women in power, the world would be better off.

We don't need to be men in skirts to have a role in politics. Women can be leaders by being sensitive women.

Definitely, I feel that there is a need for more female producers, directors, and writers.

It's difficult to exist as a woman, especially I think as a powerful woman. You want to stand strong and you want to be considered and equal.

I love what's going on these days with these powerful women who are really working to make a difference.

Women hold up the other half of the sky.

Nothing bad happens when women are in positions of power.

It's really the best time to be a woman. And instead it can be an advantage. Think about what you can bring to the table that what you have to offer that makes you unique.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

This year women learned that if we aren't at the table, we're on the menu.

There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered and live in their strength it’s beneficiary to others, and I think as young women today we sometimes forget that we are standing on the struggle of other women. Those women had to stand up to make a change, and they were not popular, and now we’re making them unpopular again.

I'm a major feminist. There's a real politic in life, where I've been in rooms where real decisions are made, and it's a lot of powerful white men. There are women in those rooms, but not as many as there should be.

We have an almost desperate need for more women to run for office and for more women to really gut it out after they have kids and stay in their jobs and get to high positions in companies. We need women at the top more than ever. We need women's voices there because they are very different than men's voices and they bring a very valuable and necessary point of view to the table.

The women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

A woman can be in charge!

For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

We're way overdue on a woman sitting in one of those Big Three chairs.

I don't think that a woman in politics exists or thrives on her own.

I will be a president in a skirt, but I will wear the pants.