Love is very much perceived as "I couldn't control myself; it's love." But you can. Everything you do in response is a choice.
Natalie PortmanIt is interesting just generationally that you see that people are much more comfortable, and that's part of life now for this next generation of actors and just people in the world. But for those of us who were living when it didn't exist, being in social media feels like the last thing you want to do .
Natalie PortmanIf we can find ways to love life and be joyful without being wasteful or destructive--that's what's important.
Natalie PortmanI'm very interested in people who seem very negative and nasty and to go inside their world and see why they get that way. It makes you a little more sympathetic to them, even though I really don't want to be around those people.
Natalie PortmanThere's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
Natalie PortmanFriendship is anything that you get something out of that is very, very important to you. And that's why there are those people who are so close to you that you don't know how you'd live without them. And they are the ones that, even if they do something terrible, you have to keep. Otherwise, you're just going to be lost without them.
Natalie Portman