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Não há volta a dar a esta questão - nos últimos dois anos tenho desenvolvido uma admiração de características profundas por Jennifer Lawrence, o que não deixa de me fazer sentir esquisita, porque ela não descobriu os segredos mais reconditos do Universo e é, inclusive, uns meses mais nova que eu.

De todo o modo... é uma daquelas coisas. Uma daquelas situações em que alguém, mesmo que claramente distante (em proporções de anos-luz, diria quase), não consegue parar de nos fascinar por um conjunto muito específico de razões.

No meu caso, e antes de qualquer outra coisa, é o talento naquilo que faz. A carreira é ainda curta, mas contam-se já papéis de qualidade tal, como muitos atores não conseguem atingir... numa vida. Entre dramas independentes, comédias, grandes franchises, e até terror, Jennifer deu uma perninha, e continuará a dar em muitos outros, como podemos ver pela atolada agenda dos próximos anos, felizmente para todos nós.

Depois veio a simplicidade, a atitude terra-a-terra de uma miúda de 22 anos que não se deixou encantar pelo turbilhão mediático em que se tem visto envolvida, e que especialmente não parece ter engolido um manual do "politicamente correto". Grande parte do seu magnetismo, na parte que me toca, surge da humildade, boa disposição e á-vontade que carrega em cada evento de imprensa ou entrevista, o que me leva ao objetivo primordial deste post: expor uma coleção das suas mais memoráveis citações.

Eu sei, é preocupante e mesmo à fan-girl desocupada, que não sou - não sou descoupada, porque fan-girl sou, claramente -, mas não quero saber...

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QUANDO LHE PEDIRAM PARA TIRAR UMA PERGUNTA ALEATÓRIA DE UM FÃ DE UMA CAIXA
"I thought it was gonna be food. It's just... words."

SOBRE FAZER FILMES...
“Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody’s like, ‘How can you remain with a level head?’ And I’m like, ‘Why would I ever get cocky? I’m not saving anybody’s life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I’m making movies. It’s stupid.’”

(Vanity Fair, January 2013)

SOBRE OS SEUS INTINTOS (KATNISS EVERDEEN STYLE)
“One time I actually used it for defense. I pulled into my garage and I heard men in my house. And I was like, ‘I'm not letting them take my stuff.’ I had just gotten back from training, so I had the bow and arrows in the back of my car. I went to my car and I put this quiver on me and I had my bow and I loaded it and I'm walking up the stairs. And I look, and my patio doors were open, and there were guys working right there, and I was like, ‘Heyyy, how you doin'?’”

(Vanity Fair, January 2013)

SOBRE O ENCONTRO COM MERYL STREEP
On being starstruck: “Once I’m obsessed with somebody, I’m terrified of them instantly. I’m not scared of them — I’m scared of me and how I will react. Like, for instance, one time someone was introducing me to Bill Maher, and I saw Meryl Streep walk into the room, and I literally put my hand right in Bill Maher’s face and said, ‘Not now, Bill!’ and I just stared at Meryl Streep. [...] I just creepily stared at her.”

(Vanity Fair, January 2013)

SOBRE O SEU ASPETO FÍSICO

"I don't really diet or anything. I'm miserable when I'm dieting and I like the way I look. I'm really sick of all these actresses looking like birds... I'd rather look a little chubby on camera and look like a person in real life, than look great on screen and look like a scarecrow in real life."

SOBRE A NOMEAÇÃO AOS GLOBOS DE OURO
"My agent called me at 5:30, and I thought the set of my movie had burned down, or Josh [Hutcherson] had died, or something,” Jennifer said. “I didn't realize! I was so tired!"

SOBRE O FACTO DE A VICTORIA'S SECRET A TER DECLARADO COMO TENDO "OS OLHOS MAIS SEXYS"

"Eyes?! What? From Victoria's Secret? I thought it was going to be like boobs or butt or something. My eyes? I'm mad." [Bradley Cooper: "I was going to go with boobs. I was going to go with chest."] "Yeah, you would think! I would've gone with boobs."

SOBRE O FACTO DE TER TIDO DE ENGORDAR PARA FAZER "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"
On being asked to gain weight for The Silver Linings Playbook: “I don’t know how I can eat any differently because I already eat like someone who is proving something.”

(The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)

SOBRE REALITY SHOWS
“I love any kind of TV that makes me feel better about myself.”

(The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)

SOBRE O ESTILO DE VIDA

"I don't like going out that much. I'm kind of an old lady. After it's 11, I'm like, 'Don't these kids ever get tired?' When I'm out, I think about my couch. Like, 'It would be awesome to be on it right now. I bet there's an episode of Dance Moms on. Am I missing a new episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians? [...] I like people to come over to my place. It's like a reality TV show cave. I just learned how to work TiVo. That changed my life. Reality TV is my silver lining. At the end of the day, there's probably nothing that makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV."

(Marie Claire South Africa)

SOBRE A SUA BEXIGA REBELDE

“I think your staff thinks I have diarrhea. So I just want to clear that up: that was nerves, not diarrhea.”

(Chelsea Lately)

SOBRE A IDADE ADULTA
“I always feel like an idiot every time I fly first class because I’m a kid. And I just sit there, and everyone’s got their newspapers and they’re on the computer, and I’m like, ‘Can I get a coloring book, please? Can I get some crayons?’”

(Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)

SOBRE COMPARAÇÕES ENTRE HUNGER GAMES E TWILIGHT
On Twilight comparisons: “No, that’s not a vampire deal, that’s just a very violent, futuristic movie where kids are randomly selected from their home districts to fight in an arena to the death. But we don’t drink blood — that’s sick.”

(The Late Show with David Letterman)

SOBRE OUTROS ATORES FAMOSOS E A SUA REAÇÃO
“Helena Bonham Carter and Jeff Bridges waved at me. And, of course, it would be absurd if they were waving at me, so I just stared at them. I stared at both of them. And they were like, 'Alright, fine.'”

(Access Hollywood)

“Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were, like, two feet away from my table. And it changes you. Like, I have heart palpitations. They should be king and queen of America. I would pay taxes to them and not even think twice about it.”

(Jimmy Kimmel Live)

“Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas were going to be at my table, I thought. They started sitting down, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’ And then they were like, ‘Oh, wrong table’ and turned around and walked away. And I was like, ‘No!’ That’s like when a waiter walks out with amazing food, and you’re starving, and they make eye contact with you and then just walk right past you.”

(Jimmy Kimmel Live)

SOBRE A OBSESSÃO DE UM PAPEL
“Whenever I really want a part, I’m not sure what to do. How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I wanted to write this one director a letter, so I wrote him a handwritten note. But then I was like, How many people are writing this guy handwritten letters? Is it going to seem cheesy? What do I do? Do I sleep outside of his house until he agrees to give me the part? [...] It makes you feel supercrazy. It’s like, ‘Please give me this part! I’ll boil a rabbit!’”

(Interview)

SOBRE OS PAPARAZZI
“I’ve just started getting my first paparazzi and stuff. The other day, like 25 photos of me and Nick [Hoult, her boyfriend] playing basketball showed up, and I said, ‘Jennifer, you’ve got to start putting on makeup before you go play basketball, because you look like s—t.’”

(Rolling Stone)

SOBRE O SEU ÓDIO 
“I’m a troll. I hate myself whenever I watch — Don’t go see the movies, I’m a troll. I think the movie was great, but their biggest mistake was me.”

(The Late Show with Letterman)

SOBRE A RED CARPET

“It’s so scary. And then I end up getting so nervous that I get like [I am] now. I get really hyper. [Squeals.] So then I go in interviews and I’m like, ‘I’m like a chihuahua! I’m shaking and peeing!’ And then afterwards, I’m like, ‘I just talked about peeing on the red carpet.’” (...) Both of my brothers before I went on the red carpet — I was so nervous — they were like, ‘Do shots! Do shots!’ I was like, ‘That’s not a good idea. It’s not a good idea.’ And then I did it, and that went to ‘I’m peeing in my pants!’ on the red carpet.”

(The Late Show With David Letterman)

SOBRE DANÇA

“When I dance, I look like I'm a dad at a prom. I never grasped my limbs. Ever since puberty I've just kind of felt like we don’t understand each other."

(The New York Times)

[entrevistador: In the film's finale, you look like a good dancer] "If that’s true, that’s a lot of editing and possibly CGI. Tap was so difficult. Bradley has this amazing brain where he sees them do it and is like, “OK.” I’m not that way. I can barely walk across the room."

 

 

SOBRE A SUA CORRIDA

"My run is so weird. That's what I'm most nervous about in this whole ordeal. I'm most nervous about everybody making fun of the way I run. I do, like, karate hands. Instead of running with my hands closed together like a normal person. It's like I'm trying to be aerodynamic or something, so my hands are straight like razors. Karate hands."

(Moviefone)

SOBRE DAVID O. RUSSELL, NO SET DE "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"

"I’ve never met somebody who deserves a reputation less than David. He is the warmest, nicest, most wonderful man. I think that the only problem, really, is that he cannot bullshit and he’s in Hollywood. And people who can’t bullshit in Hollywood don’t fit in well, because that’s how this industry is fueled and how actors are maintained—bullshit. I grew up in sports, where you were screamed at all day. I can’t work in an environment where they’re constantly talking about how everything I’m doing is right. We would be in the middle of a take, and I’d hear David going, “It’s so bad.” And Bradley would be giving me this look, like, “Are you OK?” I’d just start cracking up. Sometimes you’re going to suck and it’s great if somebody could just tell you when you’re sucking."

(The Daily Beast)

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Resumindo e concluindo, Yup. I'm a sucker for nice, humble and funny people.

Depois de uma curta pausa para aproveitar alguns momentos em família no Natal e ano novo, já estava mais do que na hora de voltar aqui à minha tasquinha de esquina. E o meu regresso traz uma nova rubrica: Role Player. Esta rubrica centrar-se-á num actor, e na divulgação do seu trabalho passado ou futuro, com a possibilidade de incluir alguns apontamentos biográficos do mesmo.

E que maneira melhor de começar senão uma das minhas actrizes favoritas e a mulher do momento?

Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag, mais conhecida pelo nome artístico, Natalie Portman, nasceu a 9 de Junho de 1981 em Jerusalem, Israel, filha de pai médico israelita e mãe artista americana, que mais tarde se viria a tornar agente da filha. A família trocou Israel pelos Estados Unidos quando Natalie era ainda muito nova, e depois de várias mudanças, a família estabeleceu-se em Nova Iorque, onde vive até hoje.

Aos 11 anos foi descoberta por um agente num restaurante, e apesar de ser empurrada para o mundo da moda, decidiu que lutaria para vingar no mundo da representação. Depois de algumas actuações menores, chegou o seu primeiro filme; o poderoso Léon, the Professional (1994). Depois seguiram-se participações em Heat (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), Everyone says I Love You (1996), e Mars Attacks! (1996).

Em 1999 surgiu o primeiro papel que lhe conferiu maior notabilidade, o de Rainha Amidala na série Star Wars. A partir daí, os convites começaram a jorrar e vimo-la em vários dramas como Anywhere but Here (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), Garden State (2004), Closer (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), entre muitos outros.

Vencedora de um globo de Ouro e nomeada para um Oscar, Portman é uma das mais poderosas actrizes da sua geração, que com apenas 28 anos apresenta um currículo invejável (quase 30 filmes) que é bem conjugado com uma sólida educação académica (Portman é formada em Psicologia pela Universidade de Harvard tendo, inclusive, artigos publicados).

Com o lançamento de Black Swan em 2010 (a estrear em Fevereiro de 2011 nas nossas salas), Portman é a mais séria candidata a qualquer prémio na categoria de Melhor Actriz, e 2011 apresentar-se-á como mais um ano bastante frutífero para a actriz, que lançará nada mais, nada menos que quatro filmes: Thor, Your Highness, No Strings Attached and The Other Woman.

A seguir, podem assistir a quatro treilers dos filmes que Portman lançará neste novo ano.