In 1996, she played a 13-year-old character forming a relationship with a much older man in Beautiful Girls. As a result, the actor built "fortresses," which "didn't allow a full expression of who I was at that time." Natalie Portman in 'Leon: The Porfessional' Collected"I consciously cultivated that (persona), because it was ways to make me feel safe. “When I was in my teens, I was like I don't wanna have any love scenes or make-out scenes. The 39-year-old Academy Award-winning actor admitted that she eventually felt ‘safe' in the latter part of her career.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 11, 2020 14:15 UTC