Natalie Portman Quotes in The Hollywood Reporter May 2015
Natalie Portman's Latest Quotes Will Remind You What a Perfect Role Model She Is
![On the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris: "I went to visit a school that we actually helped build with Dior that was an all-girls school in Kenya, like the first girls' secondary school in the area. Someone I was with was looking at the news and said, 'Oh my God! There were just attacks in Paris.'"
On being Jewish in Paris: "Listen. I'm from Israel. Yes [I'm nervous], but I'd feel nervous being a black man in [the United States]. I'd feel nervous being a Muslim in many places."
On Benjamin Netanyahu, the newly reelected prime minister of Israel: "I'm very much against Netanyahu. Against. I am very, very upset and disappointed that he was re-elected. I find his racist comments horrific. However, I don't — what I want to make sure is, I don't want to use my platform [the wrong way]. I feel like there's some people who become prominent, and then it's out in the foreign press. You know, sh*t on Israel. I do not. I don't want to do that."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/17WwEURHF6TwAWApHTKkaVljWnM/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2015/05/06/784/n/1922398/11f3b4af39bd281d_472289314/i/Charlie-Hebdo-attacks-Paris-I-went-visit-school.jpg "On the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris: \"I went to visit a school that we actually helped build with Dior that was an all-girls school in Kenya, like the first girls' secondary school in the area. Someone I was with was looking at the news and said, 'Oh my God! There were just attacks in Paris.'\"
On being Jewish in Paris: \"Listen. I'm from Israel. Yes [I'm nervous], but I'd feel nervous being a black man in [the United States]. I'd feel nervous being a Muslim in many places.\"
On Benjamin Netanyahu, the newly reelected prime minister of Israel: \"I'm very much against Netanyahu. Against. I am very, very upset and disappointed that he was re-elected. I find his racist comments horrific. However, I don't — what I want to make sure is, I don't want to use my platform [the wrong way]. I feel like there's some people who become prominent, and then it's out in the foreign press. You know, sh*t on Israel. I do not. I don't want to do that.\"")
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