Natalie Portman: How to Know When to Say YES

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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1. The moment Natalie called Abby to invite her to be part of Angel City FC–the first majority, women-owned soccer franchise. 2. How to stop people-pleasing and learn to recognize a full body YES from inside of you. 3. Why and how Natalie shows up for big projects before she’s ready or qualified. (Dude Moves). 4. The best advice Natalie’s ever received–and why women should “Gossip Well.” 5. How Natalie counters gender expectations by over practicing empathy with her son and decisiveness with her daughter. 6. What Natalie says when a man suggests a woman is “crazy” or “difficult.” About Natalie: Natalie Portman is an Academy award-winning actress (BLACK SWAN), director, author, and activist. In Summer 2022, Portman will be hitting the big screen, returning to the Marvel universe as ‘Jane Foster’ in THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER. Previously Natalie appeared in Pablo Larraín’s film, JACKIE, in which she starred as First Lady Jacqueline F. Kennedy. For the role, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and won the Critics’ Choice Award. She wrote, directed, produced, and starred in A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS, which made its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and its North American premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Other past film credits include Noah Hawley’s LUCY IN THE SKY, Brady Corbet’s VOX LUX, and Alex Garland’s highly anticipated second feature, ANNIHILATION. Natalie and her producing partner Sophie Mas recently inked a first-look TV deal with Apple TV+ for their production company MounatainA. Through this deal, they are producing the Apple Original limited series LADY IN THE LAKE, which will be Natalie’s TV acting debut. Natalie’s other past production credits include the documentary EATING ANIMALS, which she executive produced and narrated. The film examines mankind’s dietary choices and is based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s memoir. In addition to her film work, Portman devotes her time to several humanitarian causes, with an emphasis on supporting women and girls. She is also a founder of National Women’s Soccer League team Angel City Football Club. In Fall 2020, Portman released her debut picture book, NATALIE PORTMAN’S FABLES, which is a New York Times’ Bestseller. Portman is a Harvard graduate with a degree in psychology and studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. IG: @natalieportman To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome friends. Back to we can do hard things today. My boss is here. Yes. Abby's boss.
0:18.0	He's gonna call her boss. Oh, that's right. I was like me. I know that's what I thought. Me.
0:24.0	Obviously I'm here. No, Natalie Portman. She's Abby's boss because she's the big boss of Angel City.
0:32.0	She's big boss. Yeah. The soccer team. Yeah. Angel City of which Natalie Portman is the big boss.
0:38.0	Yeah. And you're a little boss. I'm a little boss. She's big boss. Yeah. So big boss is here today. Natalie Portman.
0:44.0	Natalie Portman is an Academy Award-winning actress, director, author, and activist this summer.
0:50.0	Portman will be on the big screen, returning to the Marvel Universe as Jane Foster in Thor, Love, and Thunder.
0:57.0	Natalie appeared in Jackie, in which she starred as First Lady Jacqueline F. Kennedy and was nominated for an Academy Award,
1:04.0	a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and one, the Critics Choice Award.
1:10.0	Portman devotes her time to several humanitarian causes with an emphasis on supporting women and girls.
1:16.0	She's also a founder of National Women's Soccer League Team Angel City Football Club Woot. Woot.
1:23.0	Woot. Woot. Her book, Natalie Portman's Fables, is a New York Times bestseller.
1:28.0	Portman is a Harvard graduate with a degree in psychology, and she studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
1:36.0	Natalie, welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
1:40.0	We wanted to start with the story about Abby's speech at Times Up and your reaction to it,
1:49.0	and how that played into your formation of Angel City. Can you just tell us that story from your perspective?
1:56.0	Well, thank you both for having me on. I love you both so so much, and you both added so much to my life already,
2:04.0	so I'm so grateful to know you. I can't believe I know you as well as have you as my role models.
2:12.0	But I think there's an even earlier Abby Influence story on Times Up that you might not even be aware of,
2:21.0	was that your Wolfpack speech at Barnard was circulated among all the women very early on,
2:29.0	and everyone started calling us like each other, Wolfpack, within our group in Times Up,
2:37.0	that was probably why they wanted you to speak in the first place at our conference.
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