Natalie Portman supposedly told a man to get lost! Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor said, "I am star struck. I’ve run behind Natalie Portman at Tribeca. She was on the phone and she was crying. I went quickly behind her and said, 'I love your…' Before I could say 'work', she turned and said, 'Get lost!' So I’ve had my heart broken but I would still chase them."
In an interview where she talks about her inspirations:"I remember seeing Tiny Furniture, Lena Dunham's film, and when the credits rolled I started crying because it was written by Lena Dunham, starring Lena Dunham, produced by Lena Dunham, and directed by Lena Dunham. This young woman has no fear of (saying) 'I did it, I did all of this.' And it was so good. It inspired me to not be afraid of that (criticism)."
"I do think the 'vanity project' concept is definitely used more against women. I found myself very affected by seeing reviews like that as a kid, growing up, when Barbra Streisand directed
The Mirror Has Two Faces. I remember, as a 12-year-old, reading reviews saying it was a 'vanity project' and talking about how she lights herself and stuff, and it made me reluctant to try taking on multiple roles on this film. To be a writer, director, and actress, I was like, 'Oh my God, they're going to kill me for this!'"
And on the controversy of making a film about Israel:Was it intimidating at all to approach a story you knew, simply because of the time and setting it takes place in, could have been interpreted as a political by some people?"I wasn’t worried about it while I was making it, because you can’t have those kinds of fears while you’re making anything, but, of course you say “Israel” and it’s political. It’s innately controversial, whatever you say, in any direction. It’s definitely tense, but I think that’s also ripe for making an emotional story because it obviously touches people very strongly. It touches a nerve in pretty much everyone in one direction or the other. You realize it has this strange hold on people and invokes passion."
Natalie talks about that pretentious interview with Jonathan Safran Foer:"It's like, I guess you caught me! I'm a nerd! It was clearly for an interview. I can understand that it would seem funny if those were our normal 'hey Jonathan, what's going on' emails, which is not the case at all ... It's not what we write on a Tuesday afternoon. Obviously."
Here are her most recent looks. Tabloids are saying she might be pregnant, which would be convenient timing for Oscar season:Source 1,Source 2,Source 3,Source 4.