Natalie Portman Black Swan Interview

Http://www.hitfix.com Natalie Portman speaks with Hitfix's Drew McWeeny about her new film "Black Swan" as well as "Your Highness" and other projects.
"With "Black Swan," Natalie Portman had to learn to do something convincingly on camera that people train their whole lives to do, and even with the training she had in childhood, she still ended up pushing herself further than I think she bargained for, training for a full year for the film. We discussed that and many other things when we sat down for this extended interview at the W Hotel in Hollywood a few weekends ago.
In person, Portman is stunning, which is to be expected, but before we rolled the cameras, I was struck by just how funny and sharp she was. I'm excited to see her show up in the positively deranged "Your Highness" next year, and we talk about that a bit too in the interview." -Drew McWeeny

[@4gott3nwarrior]

Her intellect, her general personality, and her elegance are so great but at the same time she is so humble, down to earth, and hilarious. She never ceases to amaze me and I have the utmost respect for Natalie portman and her work. She's an all around incredible person

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

💖🤩💖

[@jackfowler1684]

When people say there is no such thing as perfection, I'm just like "Well, what's Natalie Portman then?"

[@reddoorpaintedblack]

You obviously don't know her, you've just seen her films....

[@swantess]

​@@reddoorpaintedblack What did she do?

[@Fogducker19]

She's so smart and I've never seen a more perfect face.

[@awkwardbarry]

What an excellent interview! No awkwardness, just straight out, interesting questions. Natalie handled herself beautifully and Drew was just so natural and obliging. Wonderful.

[@wavy2525]

This was a very good interview. The interviewer actually asked intelligent questions that meant to explore the film and the character. How refreshing! And I love Portman's answer's also very intelligent and insightful. Her performance was truly inspired and is Oscar worthy.

[@battie07]

Great interview! The interview is so fantastic. His questions are insightful and the answers he get is very interesting. Wonderful!

[@dannyyspencerr]

she seems very sweet n smart. i like her

[@boxerguy2343]

shes a harvard graduate

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

😍❤️

[@vdag94]

i have so much respect for her. she's incredible on so many levels.

[@lalita0s]

I love the way she speaks ! she is very intelligent.

[@ChurnButter]

This was actually a great interview, he asked really insightful questions.

[@thegigonroof86]

I love Natalie Portman! She's so beautiful!

[@nueve08]

Ms. Portman is so cute.... she inspires me tenderness and hapiness at the same time.... she looks so humble as well

[@whateverdv]

She's so fucking smart, I'm obsessed. Great interview.

[@yenej]

i love her movies...but i love watching her talking...during interviews, she is awesome.

Deeply intelligent, delicate, charming... It is impossible not to love this woman.

[@njdevils17]

really good interview. god i love natalie portman. perfect in every way.

[@TheeOneWhoTalks]

Hitfix is great, they have the best interviews. Their interviewers aren't douchebags and have pretty good whats the word with the interviewees! So Kudos guys!

[@moonlightbee]

@rumpwrestler She's an actress, not a dancer. Gerard Butler as the Phantom of the Opera was awesome, even though he's not a great singer. Tim Roth is not a pianist but he was sure brilliant in The Legend of 1900. Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Kate Winslet, Adrien Brody, Helena Bonham Carter [..i could go on..] they did a Kick-Ass-Performance and so did Natalie.

[@KlNETlCS]

What a fantastic interview. Thank you for asking such intelligent and interesting questions; I loved this.

[@thelupoistheman1]

Intelligence, classic beauty, class, kindness- These are the true elements in a lady, and natalie has them all. I adore her so much. Natalie Portman = True love

[@Neeshpeesh123]

This interviewer did a great job! I really liked him. Great job buddy.

[@Vhectic]

i love her so much! She is gorgeous and perfect, and always will be!

[@farlib13]

I can't believe that she chose phychology over filming at first, she is very intelligent and beautiful. I love her! Thumbs up if you agree.

[@tanyuwei96]

Love how she's so polite.

[@pameabad]

@TheeOneWhoTalks completely agree with u, this interview is not about the tyoical questions, they make the actors go deeper :) Congrats!

[@dimitri-petrenko]

YOU TURNED HER AGAINST ME

[@jahcobtomas2840]

Star Wars,nice

[@MrCouchmen]

YOU WILL NOT TAKE HER FROM ME!

[@michaeln501]

MrCouchmen YOU HAVE DONE THAT YOURSELF

[@elephantasmic]

what the hell is that thing on the table behind the interviewer??

[@argbarb8]

sometimes i am glad that i didnt follow ballet, but i sure miss it. this seems like an amazing movie! cant wait to see it :)

[@MilagrosMalpartidaVergara]

Great interview!!!

[@thedeadlyplanteater2213]

I cant believe its been 10 years since the movie was released

[@tingkagol]

Do any of you find it weird that the voice of the interviewer echoes whereas Natalie's doesn't? Recorded at different times at different places?

[@NatalieEstelle]

such a beautiful woman. She answers the questions so well, particularly the one about perfection in art. One of my favourite actress' :)

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

😍😍

[@Snifach]

I love the way she laughs :))

[@haze555ful]

Its a pity that we live in a world where most women aren't a patch on this delightful, humble, intelligent and just gorgeous young lady!

[@BlackThoughtTB]

Awesome interview!

[@awkward291]

she's so intelligent. i love her, and this interviewer was great.

[@sgauden02]

I remember when Natalie Portman got her head shaved for V for Vendetta, and she looks great even without hair.

[@exitcheese]

she really does have it all... sigh love natalie she seems so grounded

[@ForeverRepublic]

She is just gorgeous and so classy, got to love Natalie!

[@hilmir]

that sculpture in the back is so phallic.

[@valeriacerrato6770]

@AndersonSilva sure, like Emma Watson knows 6 languages, is a vegetarian, graduated with honors from high school AND college (which was Harvard)

[@Orbster25]

Great interview :).

[@NightWings16]

She is so beautiful! So lovely! I really love her.

[@TheeOneWhoTalks]

@lughlongarm76 Well she even referred to celebrating the holidays as "Hannukah" in a very recent interview. But you know what you could be right, I myself am pretty newly atheist and was raised christian, so I still call the holidays "Christmas", so your pry right. Which is awesome!

[@leahjimenez8070]

I know the story firsthand. So interesting to see people salivating over something that one knows intimately, that belongs to one.

[@Amnaaa789]

i love her and her voice !

[@kludiaega18]

i love her and great interview !!!

[@denisetrujillo7467]

one of my favs!!!

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

😍😍

[@fartknocker0308]

Natalie Portman is a Harvard Alumni. Yes she did all those dances and went through months of vigorous training 6 days a week for 12 hours starting from 5:30 along with filming etc. She is very intelligent along with beautiful some things that not every actor has is the education. She's great and well rounded. so to everyone. shes not fake. shes great. im just tired of reading these retarded post about peoples assumptions about her being atheist etc. get your facts straight first.

[@sams517]

@TheMonkeyclip well then what was the point of Natalie having to go through so much strenuous training beforehand in ballet for the movie??

[@chile2992]

Such an amazing actress.

[@o0oSolidSnakeo0o]

@ThereYouGoGirl There are actually quite a few messages in the film. Important ones being the transformations of people's personalities as they move into the spotlight and the pressure of fame/performing. It is a reflection of show business. How it doesn't care about the people (Nina), the only thing that matters is a perfect show. It is this quest for perfection that causes Nina to lose her mind. there are other themes too. Look up Roger Ebert's interpretation for more information.

[@thelupoistheman1]

@123Jenny90, One of the best actresses. Unlike the so called "actresses" we have today, she is dedicated in each role. She's also one of the loveliest and kindest women in Hollywood.

[@hornyfakr]

I am obsessed with her, without a doubt

[@dawatcher88]

I want to see her interview for Your Highness

[@MrCouchmen]

Have you heard the tragedy about swan Nina Sayer? Its a ballet legend.

[@APPRL100]

she's so well spoken

[@ConnorJP728]

saw your highness yesterday and it was hilarious and black swan was an incredible film, favourite actress? :D

[@lughlongarm76]

@TheeOneWhoTalks She said in an interview that she didn't believe in an afterlife. She has Jewish ancestry and was indeed born in Israel, but I don't think she's a practicing Jew.

[@koryryanmyers]

@TheMonkeyclip actually, Natalie did 80% of the dancing in the movie. Sarah Lane did little one second blurbs and then then they only cgi'd twice. so yeah.

[@RaymunJai]

You don't think the stunt double deserve any credit at all? it takes upto something like 10years to pull off some of those dance sequence in the movie; not within a year which everyone in the team had said. Not only the stunt double, it gives a bad name to all the ballerinas too.

[@Be1smaht]

the interviewer is great!

[@Cyba_IT]

When she was talking about pleasing yourself I guarantee the interviewer was thinking about "that scene". I know I was..

[@xMMMLK]

She is actually a great rolemodel :) And I'm very confused with the fact that she practise for several movies at the same time.. And like, how can you finish university while having such a big actingcareer?

[@CelticMudkip]

@101jecca Nah you misread. I'm saying she doesnt use big or unusual words. I'm saying she's smart because she puts a lot of thought behind her answers and she goes above and beyond, while many people who are interviewed just answer in black and white. And I do read. Quite a bit actually. I read enough to know that you mean "because". =P I understand why you said what you said, though. Simple misunderstanding. =]

[@thelupoistheman1]

@123Jenny90, Keira Knightley is a great actress, Hailee Steinfeld has a hell of a future and there are so many talented child actors out there today that its amazing.

[@ewelllle]

i didn't know how cute she is through interviews.. you know so many actresses r so fuckin arrogant, actin shy.. and she is just... she. and fuck yea, i'm goin to go and watch black swan just becuz of her.

[@geoffholmes5663]

She is Class, what a girl 💯❤️😎

[@CelticMudkip]

God, Portman is intelligent. I don't say that because of her use of big or unusual words. Her thought process is spectacular.

[@Crlongboarder]

Her and Chloe Moretz are my favorite actress' I love em both :)

[@jyggyhobyt]

@mypixielove You are insane if you think she "did absolutely every dance on her own." Dancing like that takes YEARS of dedicated practice, and from the many people who work very hard from a young age to become professional dancers, only a tiny percentage make the cut.

[@eyecritic88]

that guy seems like he was doing the interview from the restroom sitting on the fucking toilet hahaha

[@Lexielottie00]

Her parents sound great, there are so many parents in hollywood who just want to make money from their children's success these days it's nice to hear that her parents just supported her and didn't push her into being an actress. I really hate pushy parents!

[@StrawJberryGirl]

@bajillionballet15 Its true that Nathalie, didn't dance all the parts, but she did dance most of it, it's just the hardest parts, that she had a doublette to do, but she really has gotten good during just one year

[@jess-rc5dp]

Natalie es hermosa

[@xMisteeqx]

This movie had me speechless. Brilliant

[@พศินทัศน์โสภณเกษมสิน]

Im waiting.

[@t204life]

after i saw no strings attached i fell in

[@nainatube]

She's a amazing, awesome actress!! And the movie is perfect! But... what the hell of ornament in the table behind her??!!

[@hanahn1]

Natalie Portman and Aishwarya Rai are the most beautifulest women in the world!!!!!

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

😍😍

[@LAUGHmaniac123]

people claim natalie isnt intelligent because she struggles to find words to describe things, but i think she just wants to dumb it down for the rest of us. XD

[@ForeverRepublic]

Thumbs up if you watched no strings attached in the last 24 hours

[@cdricgay]

i wanna see that movie so much !...

[@miaseymour]

can someone explain this movie please?

[@alexatasi]

MY FAV MOVIEEE!! *-*

[@RoyalGuard503]

@grisknack She plays a character who is striving so hard for perfection that she starts suffering horrible mental breakdowns. Watch the movie, it'll make sense.

[@KleinKatja]

She is so beautiful! Natural beauty!

[@4gott3nwarrior]

I am so intrigued by her

[@karensantos5421]

Natalie Portman’s facial features are so similar to Audrey Hepburn.

[@xman4un]

I didn't think her role was so great as everyone says! Perhaps among this year's movies it was...but to me she's an average actress.

[@thelupoistheman1]

God, why is Natalie Portman so lovely?

[@shelby690]

@rumpwrestler lol of course to actual ballet dancers she can't dance, she only trained for a year, the dancers that work at the companies usually train all their lives since they can walk. But I can assure you to the casual observer who is ignorant of what a ballerina moves like, she definately looks like the real thing. Plus this isnt Step Up, it wasnt a movie about dancing, it was about a dancer and her illness. Say what u want about her dancing but she definately has acting chops.

[@Amp1771]

Great interviewer. He sounds like one of those people that spend too much time on IMDB

[@bearstearn3]

@CelticMudkip well her alma mater does happen to be harvard university..so

[@Sopphhhiiiieeeee]

she's so clever, and was fucking amazing in this movie.

[@euphoria00000]

lol.., she is amazing and intelligent and beautiful.., she graduated at harvard!! cool! love her so much..

[@lex4163]

the focus is movie, acting, emotions, and thrill it is not about her being a jew. Sometimes we always give a stress about race and its culture, that affects us in liking or appreciating something.

[@alliemuffinpants]

ahahahahahah the interviewers name is drew mc weeny!

[@leahjimenez8070]

It's part of a tradition, it's not original. The mother-daughter dialectic, fusion, the devouring mother.

[@ThereYouGoGirl]

@EnvelTheTrader yeaa i understand tht part, but why in the world does she go so crazy? because shes under pressure from the role or because its a result to her trying to be so perfect?