Natalie Portman Quotes

I'm me: I'm a fun, easy-going guy that likes to work hard, who's very driven and determined.

I've always been a focused person who knows how to get what I want.

My stubbornness helped me for the first half of my career; I had that real determination to do it my way - I know the best way. That helped me from a 14-year-old to 25 in getting me to where I got to.

I am not temperamental. I just know what I want and if I don't have it, I try to get it.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

I've always been very self-motivated.

I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.

When I look back, I think I must have been hugely motivated. I would have loved for somebody to say, 'You go for it!' I just didn't have that.

Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.

It takes a lot of drive to succeed as an independent producer.

I think I'm extraordinarily motivated.

My mother has taught me to be self-reliant, independent and ambitious. She has taught me to chase my goals even though nobody believes in you, you need to believe and you need to fly.

Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined.

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

I am prepared to work hard enough to win. It's basically up to me.

I had that laser focus, identified what I wanted when I was a kid, and never let anything get in my way. If you look on paper at who I am and what I sound like, and what I look like, you wouldn't say, 'Go into broadcasting.' It's just what I wanted to do - I knew that I could do it, and I never let anyone tell me that I couldn't.

When I see what I want, I do it.

I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I'm doing to get there.

You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.

I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

I've always been very driven and knew that to get where I wanted to go, I could never give up.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.

It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more.

I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me. Because I know that life's short and there's so much that I wanna do, and I can't do anything that might hold me back or get stuck in.