Quotes by Natalie:

"I'm going to stay in school and stay home and have a normal life for as long as I can." (7/95)

"acted in a film" Natalie responding to a question asking what she did on her summer vacation on an application for the Intel Science Talent Search. Quoted by Erik Holm in the Newsday.com article Shes the Movie Star Next Door. Translation -- STARRED in Star Wars--Episode I, The Phantom Menace, THE most anticipated movie ever, generating countless new Natalie Portman fans and far more publicity than she expected (or wanted).

Three things I'll learn to do in college

- Laundry

- Wake myself up and make myself go to sleep. I'm a night person, so that's hard.

- Use a computer. I can type a paper. But e-mail, never done it. Internet, never done it.

Natalie Portman, Mademoiselle, November 1999, The Smart List

"But can you just imagine it?...Someone comes in and says, 'Uh...Dr. Amidala?" Natalie "musing" about what if she became a doctor. Quoted in Sheryl Altman, Biography, November 1999, A Long Time Ago in a Pizza Parlor Far, Far Away...A Star Was Discovered and She Was Named Natalie Portman

"I was so embarrased." Natalie talking about doing a photo shoot where there were pepsi cans with her picture on them. Quoted by James Lapine in the Interview Magazine , October 1999

"... no film is worth ruining my life over. Opportunities come again and after all, it's just a movie. At some point you have to step back and go 'who cares'. This scene is not more important than my life. Natalie commenting her rejection of the movie because of the scene. Quoted in Univercity Magazine, Natalie Portman by Katherine Spafford, October 1999

Quotes about Natalie:

"The success of films that Natalie hasn't done has only strenghtened her reputation". Sergei Kuzezof, Russian Vogue, Secretive Natalie

''I think it's better. Natalie's integrity actually forced the writer to be a tad more inventive." Actress Susan Sarandon of Anywhere but Here commenting on the rewrite of a scene. Quoted in Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Preview.

"There's a great mystery to Natalie. We're very close on one level, but also there's a great mystery about her." Director Wayne Wang of Anywhere but Here . Quoted by CNN.com Natalie Portman Hits the Books.