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People Think The Film Industry Is Going To Corrupt Me, But I Feel Like It's Kept Me More Innocent, In A Way. I Wasn't Really Home When My Friends Were Trying Pot For The First Time. I Was Always Around Adults Who Wouldn't Smoke Or Curse Or Do Anything Like That Around Me. I Don't Do Things That Are Dangerous To Myself. I Don't Want To Hurt Myself

-Natalie Portman

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People Think The Film Industry Is Going To Corrupt Me, But I Feel Like It's Kept Me More Innocent, In A Way. I Wasn't Really Home When My Friends Were Trying Pot For The First Time. I Was Always Around Adults Who Wouldn't Smoke Or Curse Or Do Anything Like That Around Me. I Don't Do Things That Are Dangerous To Myself. I Don't Want To Hurt Myself

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I Think That's The Real Shame: We Spent The Last 48 Hours Talking About These Disgusting, Disgusting Comments And Disgusting Behavior Instead Of Talking About Hurricane Relief Or What's Going On In Flint, Michigan. It's Just Appalling To Have To Be Dealing With Such Nonsense And Such Disgusting, You Know, Criminal Speech.

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My Response Was That More Than Half Of Israelis Are Of Sephardic Origin. Many Of These Jews Come From Arab Lands And Share The Same Physical Skin Color.

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If You Can't Laugh At Yourself, Life Is Going To Seem A Whole Lot Longer Than You'd Like.

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You Know, I Get Much More Jewish In Israel Because I Like The Way That Religion Is Done There.

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I Think Mainly It's An Optics Thing: To Be Able To Visualize A Woman In A Position Of Power. It's Going To Be Wonderful For All Of Us In Every Field.

Position Of Power

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Young Generation

I Was Really Excited To Get To Shave My Head - It's Something I'd Wanted To Do For A While And Now I Had A Good Excuse. It Was Nice To Shed That Level Of Vanity.

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Cute Is When Your Personality Shines Through Your Looks.

The Fact That Audiences Have Come Away Moved, Excited, Entertained And Stimulated By The Film Is Extraordinarily Flattering.

A Movie About A Weak, Vulnerable Woman Can Be Feminist If It Shows A Real Person That We Can Empathize With.

Some Relationships Aren't True Relationships. And It's Usually When The Other Person Does Something Really Terrible That You Realize It. And That's When It's Time To Move On.

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