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Natalie Portman Says She Avoids 'Emotionally Difficult' Roles 'When Things Are Harder at Home'

Natalie Portman said in a new interview that she does not like to take on 'emotionally difficult material' when things are rocky in her personal life. 'You want to find that joy and lightness and humor in your work when things are harder at home,' she said, about her new movie 'Fountain of Youth.'

Natalie Portman says she found it "really meaningful to have a work experience that just envelopes you in happiness" after acting in Guy Ritchie's new movie Fountain of Youth Portman, who divorced from her ex-husband Benjamin Millepied in February, said that her "real life has to be pretty chill, no major issues" for her to feel comfortable performing "emotionally difficult material" Portman and Millepied met on the set of 2010's Black Swan; they share son Aleph, 13, and daughter Amalia, 8 "It’s actually counterintuitive because to do emotionally difficult material, my real life has to be pretty chill, no major issues," she said. Portman's new movie Fountain of Youth costars her with John Krasinski as a pair of estranged siblings who reunite to hunt for the titular mythical item.

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