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NATALIE ZEA I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds suc... NATALIE ZEA I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting... NATALIE ZEA I know it might seem a little superficial, but every actor has their thing. Some people focus on the... NATALIE ZEA I'm like a packrat with work. I hoard my jobs. NATALIE ZEA I'm at my best when I'm working. I just recently learned how to find balance and deal with d... NATALIE ZEA I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what... NATALIE ZEA I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like,... NATALIE ZEA When I started, I had a really hard time getting work. It was the mid- to late-nineties. There was t... NATALIE ZEA I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped dra... NATALIE ZEA I've actually done a lot of comedy. NATALIE ZEA I think, especially when you're on TV, once you become associated with one genre or the other, i... NATALIE ZEA The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categ... NATALIE ZEA There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can'... NATALIE ZEA Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to see... NATALIE ZEA My parents divorced when I was very, very young, but they maintained an incredibly amicable relation... NATALIE ZEA I'm not a big lingerie girl. I see it, and I love it, and I appreciate it, and sometimes I even ... NATALIE ZEA I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come b... NATALIE ZEA There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I... NATALIE ZEA When I get married it will be for keeps. NATALIE WOOD A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor. NATALIE WOOD I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish an... NATALIE WOOD I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done. NATALIE WOOD Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting marri... NATALIE WOOD I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me. NATALIE WOOD There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type. NATALIE WOOD Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human ... NATALIE WOOD For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life r... NATALIE WOOD I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, ... NATALIE WOOD I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic. NATALIE WOOD I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be. NATALIE WOOD The constant attention is what is so difficult. NATALIE WOOD If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store. NATALIE WOOD My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later. NATALIE WOOD I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie t... NATALIE WOOD I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool. NATALIE WOOD I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha. NATALIE WOOD My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the tr... NATALIE WOOD Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up. NATALIE WOOD Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself. NATALIE WOOD The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. NATALIE WOOD I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was. NATALIE WOOD We were descended from royalty. NATALIE WOOD Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all. NATALIE PORTMAN Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're ... NATALIE PORTMAN I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl - that sort of effortless chic confide... NATALIE PORTMAN I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like ... NATALIE PORTMAN I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous... NATALIE PORTMAN Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work ... NATALIE PORTMAN Everyone dreams of living in Paris. NATALIE PORTMAN When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want ... NATALIE PORTMAN My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were de... NATALIE PORTMAN I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people... NATALIE PORTMAN