Natalie Portman says life is hard because she’s too good looking and keeps getting ‘typecast’
NATALIE Portman says she finds life hard - because she's too good looking.
The actress, 38, claims she keeps getting typecast because of her looks, and she's absolutely sick of it.
She told the September edition of Harper's Bazaar UK: "As a woman, you are constantly fighting against only being valued for your looks, because it becomes a very tenuous thing, to be defined by the gaze of others, the opinion of others."
She added: "And beauty is, by definition, ephemeral; it’s a thing that you can’t trap in time.
"It’s a butterfly; it lives for a second.
"So to make a lifetime worthwhile and have meaning cannot rest on beauty."
She also suggested that every time women cry, they think it's because they're upset - but they're actually angry.
She said: "We’ve been socialised to believe that we’re not feeling angry – we’re feeling sad, we’re feeling upset.
"And when I realised that, there was a sudden shift in my mind, and I thought, 'oh my God, all those times when I would burst into tears, I was actually angry!'
"I just didn’t know how to express it."
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Natalie says she has been ‘so inspired’ by the many women she has met following the launch of the Time’s Up movement.
She said: "I’ve been so inspired by the many women I’ve met through Time’s Up – like Reese Witherspoon, America Ferrera and Kerry Washington – who are doing such impressive creative work, producing, acting, directing and taking such good care of their families.
"They are inspiring activists and also great friends.
"Whenever I think I have too much to handle, I see what they’re doing and know I can do more."
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