While promoting her new film, The Other Boleyn Girl, with Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman was asked about the issues of women on film and, even though she received an Oscar nod for playing a stripper in ‘Closer’, this is what she had to say:
I’ve recently been getting frustrated. I don’t know if you’ve had this experience,” she said turning to Scarlett, “but we’re probably seeing a lot of the same variety of what’s out there, but I mean the number of roles for strippers or prostitutes — or the opposite — which, is like, ‘She’s the moral center of the film! She’s the pure one. She’s the one that makes the man realize who he should be,’ you know? That sort of dichotomy exists so strongly, it’s like the virgin/whore thing evident to the greatest extent. So that’s really been bothering me. Sort of finding a character who is complicated, like the women in this film, is very, very exciting.
Also, I love comedies so much, but any kind of comedy the girl’s like ‘in fashion’ or she’s really into clothes, or like, she just wants to get married. Those are not values that I care to jump on the bandwagon of. I’d love to do a comedy. I’d love to do a romantic comedy, but you don’t find something where the woman has, like, a real job… so yeah, it is frustrating, but I also don’t want to b-tch about it.
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I completely agree with her. It’s a man’s world in Hollyweird, and it’s bull shit!
Its amazing…you can really tell the difference between the educated and the non educated in hollywood. THis girl is awesome.
DITO!
Absolutely! This girl knows her shit! You can bet that she has even read a book! Thank god that sometimes we find actresses with brains out there! You go Nat!
that’s why i love her! she’s smart, beautiful, and a great actress.
She is amazing and articulate. I am so proud that she’s Israeli! It’s the old story in which the woman is a virgin or a whore. We haven’t come far at all.