Natalie Portman Quotes

The Other Boleyn Girl

Sisterhood and Rivalry in Ambition

Mary Boleyn We're sisters!

Anne Boleyn And, therefore, born to be rivals.

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Closer

Love's Enduring Commitment

Alice You never leave someone you love.

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Garden State

The Evolving Concept of Home and Family

Andrew Largeman You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your shit that idea of home is gone.

Sam I still feel at home in my house.

Andrew Largeman You'll see when you move out. It just sort of happens one day, one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't even exist. I don't know maybe it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start. It's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.

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May December

Managing Expectations in Relationships

Gracie My brother Mark, he still lives in Richmond. He always says, "Keep your expectations low, and you'll never be disappointed." And I always forget that.

Elizabeth How many brothers do you have?

Gracie Four. Two older. Two younger. But I think you know that.

Elizabeth So... what were your expectations?

Gracie Uh, that tonight would go well. That my children would love me. And my life would be perfect.

Elizabeth That was a little naive.

Gracie I am naive. I always have been. In a way, it's been a gift.

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Anywhere but Here

The Impact of Dining Choices on Perception

Ann August You know what? I'm really hungry and it's not like we're not at Denny's. So, if someone comes in and sees me eat duck à l'orange, who knows what effect it'll have on my life? The "a" before l'orange is not spoken and the whole phrase "duck l'orange" is dubbed...???

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Closer

Identity and Perception in Closer

Alice I'm a waif.

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Garden State

Embracing the Breeze of Freedom

Sam My hair's blowin in the wind.

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Unrequited Love Amidst Duty and Responsibility

Anakin From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again... I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you... I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating... hoping that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me... what can I do? I will do anything you ask. If you are suffering as much as I am, please tell me.

Padmé Amidala I can't... We can't... It's not possible.

Anakin Anything is possible, Padmé. Listen to me...

Padmé No, you listen! We live in a real world; come back to it. You're studying to become a Jedi, I'm... I'm a senator. If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, they will take us to a place we cannot go, regardless of the way we feel about each other.

Anakin Then you do feel something!

Padmé I will not let you give up your future for me.

Anakin You're asking me to be rational. That is something that I know I cannot do. Believe me, I wish that I could just wish away my feelings, but I can't.

Padmé I will not give into this.

Anakin Well, you know, it... it wouldn't have to be that way. We could keep it a secret.

Padmé We'd be living a lie, one that we couldn't keep, even if we wanted to. I couldn't do that. Could you, Anakin? Could you live like that?

Anakin No. You're right. It would destroy us all.

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Brothers

Betrayal and Conflict Between Brothers and Spouses

Sam Cahill You know what I did to get back to you?

Grace Cahill No.

Sam Cahill You know what I DID TO FUCKING GET BACK TO YOU?! YOU FUCKING BITCH! YOU KNOW HOW HE FUCKING SUFFERED?! HE FUCKING SUFFERED BECAUSE OF YOU! AND WHAT IS HE DOING WITH MY FUCKING HOUSE AND MY FUCKING KIDS, GRACE?!! YOU'RE FUCKING MY BROTHER!

[exploding; furiously rips the handle off the refrigerator freezer]

Grace Cahill Sam, you know I didn't.

Sam Cahill YOU'RE FUCKING MY BROTHER IN MY FUCKING HOUSE!

Grace Cahill Sam, please.

Sam Cahill I LOVE YOU, GRACE!

Grace Cahill The girls, please.

Sam Cahill You know how much I love you?! You know what I... Grace, do you know what I fucking... YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN DO WITH THESE FUCKING HANDS, GRACE?! FUCK! FUCK!!!

[Furiously and repeatedly slaps himself in the face]

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The Other Boleyn Girl

Reflections on Power and Authority

King Henry VIII What's so amusing?

Anne Boleyn I was merely offering my thoughts on the new French king. With such great power, yet such meager authority as a man.

King Henry VIII Continue.

Anne Boleyn His pettiness is astounding. He will bear a mortal grudge at the mildest of slights. Spoiled cub with a spike in his paw. Riveted with resentment. Unable to forgive or forget. A great king, a great man rises above such things.

King Henry VIII And what would you know of great men?

Anne Boleyn I've read enough books and heard enough talk to believe I'd know one if he were before me.

King Henry VIII Then look about you. I am curious. Do you see one here?

Anne Boleyn Looking my lord... still looking, my lord.

Anne Boleyn Ah! There. Found one.

[looking at the king]

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The Other Boleyn Girl

The Distance to the Altar

George Boleyn He's betrothed.

[''about Henry Percy'']

Anne Boleyn Betrothed is not married... It is a long way on bended knee to the altar.

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Garden State

A Song That Promises Life-Changing Impact

Sam You gotta hear this one song. It'll change your life, I swear.

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Beautiful Girls

Neighborhood Dynamics and Personal Struggles

Paul So you're the little neighborhood Lolita.

Marty So you're the alcoholic high school buddy shit for brains.

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Closer

The Thrill of Deception and Intimacy

Alice Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off... but it's better if you do.

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Closer

A Love Declared and Dismissed

Alice Yes, I would have loved you... forever. Now, please go.

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May December

Understanding the Seeds of Human Experience

Gracie It's my understanding that the movie takes place between 1992 and 1994, am I wrong? So why would you need to know anything that happened after that?

Elizabeth Well, there are things that exist inside people that don't necessarily come to a head until later, and I try and look for the seeds of those things.

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Mars Attacks!

Unexpected Outcomes in Uncertain Situations

Taffy Dale Guess it wasn't the dove.

[''Watching Martians massacre the Senate'']

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May December

The Complexity of Connection and Performance

Elizabeth Well... sometimes it's really mechanical, like a choreographed dance, you know, where the only thing you can focus on is where you're supposed to be, and when. And then sometimes there's real chemistry between two people and you start feeling like it's real. In a strange way. You'd never admit it to one another, but you're wearing practically nothing and you're rubbing up against each other... and sweating... and it's for hours... and you start losing the line, of like, am I pretending that I'm experiencing pleasure, or am I... Am I pretending that I'm not experiencing pleasure? And the whole crew, they're almost always all men. You feel them watching. And you feel them, like... ...holding their breath. And they try and hide it when they swallow. You give into the rhythm, you know, every time. Tension never breaks.

[During a Q&A for high school students, Elizabeth is asked what it's like to film sex scenes; whispering; normal speech; deep breath; whispering; sighs, normal speech]

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Garden State

The Complexity of Honest Deception

Sam OK, so, sometimes I lie. I mean I'm weird, man, about random stuff too. I don't even know why I do it. It's like... it's like a tic. I mean sometimes I hear myself say something and think, "Wow, that wasn't even remotely true".

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Anywhere but Here

Mother's Ticket Dilemma in Conversation

Cop Your mother is trying to beat a ticket.

Ann August Oh give her one. She already has a drawer full of them.

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The Other Boleyn Girl

Sisters Discuss Their Lives and Obligations

Mary Boleyn Anne.

Anne Boleyn I meant to come sooner. I'm sorry I did not. I've been kept occupied.

Mary Boleyn So I hear… Amusing the king.

Anne Boleyn Only that sister, I assure you; despite his best efforts...

Mary Boleyn What, and not yours?

Anne Boleyn How is it?

Mary Boleyn The child is strong, gives me no rest, like his father.

Anne Boleyn Do you feel as awful as you look? You know, in France, no woman would allow herself to get in such a state.

Mary Boleyn Why did you come Anne, if all you desire is to torment me?

Anne Boleyn Perhaps now you know how it feels: to be deceived by your sister.

Mary Boleyn I did nothing.

Anne Boleyn You stole the king away, and then you betrayed me over Henry Percy!

Mary Boleyn If that's what you think, fine, tell yourself that!

Anne Boleyn I did, sister. Every day and every night I was in exile.

King's Messenger A gift, from the king.

[''Messenger walks in, holding a gift'']

Anne Boleyn Give it to my sister.

King's Messenger It's for you, mistress Anne.

Anne Boleyn Me? Then send it back! Immediately!

Anne Boleyn How dare he! See? I have your interest at heart.

Mary Boleyn Why? Why this cruelty? You know I love him.

Anne Boleyn Well, perhaps you should stop.

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Garden State

Seize Your Unique Opportunity

Sam This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before, and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing.

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Anywhere but Here

Struggles of a Fractured Mother-Daughter Relationship

Ann August Mom, Mom! I'm sorry but you have to understand I was just doing an audition. They wanted me to...no one would even know it was you... You know every morning I wake up and I don't even want to be here. Who would wanna be with you? You're just a crazy, middle aged, unemployed woman with a, with a child to support. Why can't our lives just be normal?

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Garden State

Surprising Perceptions of Intelligence

Sam Wow! I cannot believe you're not really retarded!

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The Other Boleyn Girl

Loyalty and Desire in Royal Relationships

King Henry VIII Your sister is gone as you wished. Will you give yourself to me now?

[''talking in secret'']

Anne Boleyn No. When you are loyal to me above all others.

King Henry VIII But, I am.

Anne Boleyn No. You are loyal to the queen above all others.

King Henry VIII I barely see Catherine.

Anne Boleyn But she sits on a throne beside you. Your right hand in matters of state.

King Henry VIII For appearances sake only.

Anne Boleyn Still, she is your queen. And ever present.

Anne Boleyn I feel her eyes on me. And those of her spies. Look at us. Forever reduced to meeting in secret like this. Speaking in whispers. Hardly conducive to passion.

King Henry VIII What you have me do then?

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Closer

Confronting Truths in a Relationship

Alice Do you still fancy me?

Dan Of course.

Alice You're lying. I've been you.

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Garden State

Understanding Moments of Reflection

Sam My mom always says that, when she can see I'm, like, working something out in my head. She's like, "You're in it right now" and I'm looking at you telling this story, and you're definitely in it.

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Closer

A Greeting to an Unknown Person

Alice Hello, stranger.

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The Humanity of Anger

Padmé Amidala To be angry is to be human.

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Closer

Struggling with Truth and Deception

Alice I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over.

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May December

Reflections on Love and Consequences

Elizabeth My love... after you left tonight, I thought about the kind of life we could have if things were different. If I had been born later, or you long ago. But who knows what we would have been like then. Or where. What tragedies we'd have to face along the way. What bad luck. This is not what I ever would have wanted. But I'm so... grateful that our paths led us to this road, no matter what the cost. I think about you all the time and the feeling I get when we look each other in the eyes. Do you feel that too? I know you don't have much to compare it to, but... let me assure you. It is rare. I've gone my whole life without it. And now that I've found it, I can't imagine going back and pretending. Sometimes I wish we'd never met, or that you didn't get the job in the pet shop at least, because I know that our lives will be forever changed because of this no matter how it all turns out. I know that my husband and my children... I... I know that this will affect them too. My hope is that we can keep our secrets long enough until at least we're in no danger from the law. Maybe by then I'll have enough time to end things cleanly, and to make sure that the children know that I love them. And maybe by then we'll have figured out what to say. When this first started, I didn't know what to think. I knew that we'd crossed a line, and I felt in my heart that we would cross it again. But now I think... I've lost track of where the line is. Who even draws these lines? All I know is that I love you and you love me. And you gave me so much pleasure tonight. I hope I did the same for you. I'll see you Saturday. Please burn this. you know what could happen to me if anyone ever found it. Your Gracie.

[reading Gracie's letter to Joe]

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May December

Choosing Challenging Roles in Acting

Kimme Uh, how... How do you choose your roles?

Elizabeth Hmm. Well, when I'm lucky enough to choose my roles, I... I wanna find... a character that's... That's difficult to... to, on the surface, understand. I want... I want to take the person, and figure out why are they like this. Were they born, or were they made? And then that can run the gamut from the more notorious to the... Just anyone.

Mary Atherton-Yoo Why would you want to play someone who you think is a bad person?

Elizabeth Are you kidding? I mean, pick any great role. Medea or Hedda Gabbler, or...

Cameron Tony Soprano.

Elizabeth Precisely... Cameron. It's the complexity. It's the moral grey areas that are interesting, right?

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Garden State

Protecting Innocence in Unlikely Situations

Andrew Largeman I think we've corrupted this innocent girl enough for one day!

Sam I'm not innocent.

Andrew Largeman Yes, you are. That's what I like about you, okay? And I don't want this guy taking you to some sketchy quarry in the middle of ] to find ] ] huffing ] or ] ] each other, or whatever else is down here!

Mark Man, that's the most worked up I've ever seen you.

Sam He's protecting me.

Andrew Largeman So?

Sam He likes me!

Andrew Largeman Don't be cute.

Sam He's my ] in shining armor.

[[w:knight|knight]

Andrew Largeman Don't talk about knights in front of Mark. It's a sore subject.

Mark I'm gonna kill that motherfucker.

Andrew Largeman ] intended?

[[w:Pun|Pun]

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Garden State

Threats and Deceptions Among Friends

Sam Well, don't try anything funny, cause my uncle's a bounty hunter and he can have you tracked and killed.

Andrew Largeman You're such a liar.

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Anywhere but Here

Fondness for the Los Angeles Police Department

Ann August I'll always have a place in my heart for the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Closer

End of Love and Farewell

Alice I don't love you anymore. Goodbye.

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Anywhere but Here

The Complexity of Maternal Relationships

Ann August Even if you can't stand her, even if you hate her, there's some mystery about my mother.

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Anywhere but Here

Consequences of Blame and Isolation

Ann August He said not to ever do that to me again. He said that if you do he'll have you taken off to prison and locked up and you'll never ever see me again, and you'll have to eat ice-cream on your own. (speaking to her mother after she tried to blame a parking ticket on her wanting ice-cream which she did not request)

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Closer

The Complexity of Love and Devotion

Alice No one will love you as much as I do. Why isn't love enough?

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Anywhere but Here

A Summer of Escape at Seventeen

Ann August That summer I turned seventeen... and started planning my escape.

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The Other Boleyn Girl

Conflict Over Heir and Loyalty

Katherine of Aragon What did I do to upset you that you should turn against me like this?

Anne Boleyn You failed to give England an heir.

Katherine of Aragon And that upsets you so?

Anne Boleyn What upsets the King upsets me.

Katherine of Aragon How dare you.

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Garden State

Balancing Life with Regular Challenges

Sam I have three ]s, and if I didn't kick them in the balls on a regular basis, I'd never get anything done.

[[w:Doberman|Doberman]

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Garden State

The Pain of Real Life

Andrew Largeman Fuck, this hurts so much.

Sam I know it hurts. But it's life, and it's real. And sometimes it fucking hurts, but it's life, and it's sorta all we have.

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

The End of Liberty and Applause

Padmé Amidala So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Senate Debate on Naboo's Trade Federation Crisis

Finis Valorum The chair recognizes the Senator from the sovereign system of Naboo.

Palpatine Supreme Chancellor, delegates of the Senate, a tragedy has occurred... which started right here with the taxation of trade routes... and has now engulfed our entire planet... in the oppression of the Trade Federation.

Lott Dod This is outrageous! I object to the senator's statements!

Valorum The chair does not recognize the senator from the Trade Federation at this time.

Palpatine To state our allegations, I present Queen Amidala, recently elected ruler of the Naboo, who speaks on our behalf.

Padmé Amidala Honorable representatives of the Republic, I come to you under the gravest of circumstances. The Naboo system has been invaded by the droid armies of the Trade...

Dod I object! There is no proof! This is incredible. We recommend a commission be sent to Naboo to ascertain the truth.

Valorum Recommendation denied.

Dod Your Excellency, you cannot condemn us without reasonable observation. It's against all the rules of procedure!

Senator Teem The Congress of Malastare concurs with the honorable delegate from the Trade Federation. A commission must be appointed.

Valorum The point...

Mas Amedda Excuse me, Chancellor.

[whispers to Chancellor Valorum]

Palpatine Enter the bureaucrats, the true rulers of the Republic. And on the payroll of the Trade Federation, I might add. This is where Chancellor Valorum's strength will disappear.

[whispering to Queen Amidala]

Valorum The point is conceded. Section 523A takes precedence here. Queen Amidala of the Naboo, will you defer your motion to allow a commission to explore the validity of your accusations?

Padmé I will not defer. I've come before you to resolve this attack on our sovereignty now! I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee! If this body is not capable of action, I suggest new leadership is needed. I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum's leadership.

Mas Amedda ORDER!

Palpatine Now they will elect a new Chancellor, a strong Chancellor. One who will not let this tragedy continue.

Closer

The Elusiveness of Love

Alice Where is this love? I can't see it, I can't touch it. I can't feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can't do anything with your easy words.

May December

Choices Shaped by Time and Circumstance

Elizabeth Why did you marry a man like Tom?

Gracie I was young, and he seemed perfect on paper. It was a different time. My father used to say, "You're either leaving this house in a veil, or in a box.

Closer

The Illusion of Beauty in Art

Alice It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully, and... all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it's beautiful cause that's what they wanna see. But the people in the photos are sad, and alone... But the pictures make the world seem beautiful, so... the exhibition is reassuring, which makes it a lie. And everyone loves a big fat lie.

May December

Defining Peace Through Simple Moments

Elizabeth Peace is sitting on a lake in the summertime. Peace is a Coca-Cola on a hot summer day. Peace is being with you.

[reading Joe's card to Gracie from when they met]

Gracie The assignment was "What is peace?

May December

Perceptions of Height and Reality

Gracie I thought you were taller. You look taller on television, but we're basically the same size.

Elizabeth We're basically the same.

The Other Boleyn Girl

Family Pressure and Unwanted Expectations

Mary Boleyn Mother, please! Speak to father... Do something... I don't want to go!

Lady Elizabeth This is not a request. We have been summoned.

Mary Boleyn Please don't be angry with me... You think I desired to go for this purpose?

[''to Anne'']

Anne Boleyn All I know is that a man who didn't know who you were was with you in that room for a half-hour and came out completely besotted!

Anne Boleyn Don't know what you said or did!

Mary Boleyn Nothing sister! Except sing your praises and talk about my husband.

Anne Boleyn Really? Well, you must show me how you did that sometime!

Garden State

The Importance of Self-Reflection and Humor

Sam If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

Garden State

Sam's Opinion on Sidecars

Sam Sidecars are for bitches.

Garden State

Burning Words of the Heart

Sam What's the word that's burning in your heart?

Garden State

The Balance of Laughter and Tears

Sam What do you do? You laugh. I'm not saying I don't cry, but in between, I laugh. And I realize how silly it is to take anything too seriously. Plus, I look forward to a good cry. It feels pretty good.

Annihilation

Exploring the Unknown Within

Dr. Ventress It's the last phase. Vanished into havoc. Unfathomable mind... and now beacon. Now sea.

Lena Dr. Ventress?

Dr. Ventress Lena. We spoke. What was it we said? That I needed to know what was inside the lighthouse. That moment's passed. It's inside me now.

Lena What's... inside you?

Dr. Ventress It's not like us. It's unlike us. I don't know what it wants. Or if it wants. But it will grow... until it encompasses everything. Our bodies and our minds will be fragmented into their smallest parts until... not one part remains. Annihilation.

Closer

Moments of Perfection and Reflection

Dan I saw this face, this vision... the moment you stepped into the road. It was the moment of my life.

Alice This is the moment of your life.

Dan You were perfect.

Alice I still am.

Beautiful Girls

Anticipating Saturday Night Conversations

Willie What are you doing?

Marty Another exciting Saturday night.

Willie You got many exciting Saturday nights in your future.

Marty Yeah, yeah. So your lady's here, huh?

Willie Yeah, yeah.

Marty I saw her. She- she's really pretty.

Willie She's OK. She's not as pretty as you, though.

Marty Kinda got that boob-thing going for her.

Willie And she can get into R-rated movies.

May December

Possibilities for a Fresh Start

Elizabeth You're so young. Believe me. You could start over.

[kisses Joe]

Joe Yoo And do what?

Elizabeth Anything.

Closer

Identity and Connection in Closer

Alice I've been you.

May December

Facing Fear in Performance

Elizabeth Are you scared?

[acting as Gracie]

Young Actor No.

[as Joe]

Elizabeth It's okay to be scared.

[whispering]

Young Actor I'm not.

Elizabeth She won't bite.

Young Actor How do you know?

Elizabeth She's not that kind of snake.

[in soft sultry voice]

Director Beautiful. I think we got it.

Elizabeth Wait, can we... Can we do it again, please? Please? Just for me.

Man 2 Lizzie...

Elizabeth Please. Please. Wait, it's getting more real.

Memorable Quotes from Natalie Portman