1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 2: Natalie Portman's best known for her dramatic film work, with 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 2: starring roles in Black Swan, Jackie, and Closer. She often 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: opts for dark, serious material. She also devotes much of 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 2: her personal time to cause this close to her heart, 6 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 2: including animal rights, environmentalism, and global poverty issues that are 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: also no laughing matter, and she tells the Hollywood Reporter, 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 2: all that can add up to confusion when someone meets 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: her for the first time and discovers her actual personality type. 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: It's she says. Goofball says. People often tell me the 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: surprise that I'm silly, but most people who know me 12 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 2: well know I'm a pretty goofy person. Some people are 13 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 2: surprised that I'll be joking around before doing a very 14 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: serious scene, but that's part of how I function well. 15 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 2: I need to leave the drama for the screen. There's 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 2: still a serious approach and intense focus to the work, 17 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 2: but silliness helps the flow and feeling a safety and 18 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 2: comfort that allows me to be bare when I need it. 19 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 2: Natalie's new movie May December. They've used it the can 20 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 2: Film Festival in May twenty that's 21 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood,