Natalie Portman Talks About Fame in the 24/7 News Cycle

Natalie Portman sits down for an interview at the Build Series on Thursday afternoon (December 13) in New York City.

The Oscar-winning actress was joined by Vox Lux writer and director Brady Corbet to chat about their new film. One of the topics they discussed, which relates to themes of the movie, is being famous in today’s 24/7 news cycle.

“The news cycle needs new stories all the time, they’re looking for scandal, controversy, something new always, so yes, you get sucked into it often, much more often than when I was in the public eye 10 years ago,” Natalie said. “But the interesting thing is it also has less weight. It also disappears… the fact that there’s so much out there, dilutes the importance of any particular story. Nothing sticks. Something that’s a big scandal today, tomorrow is someone else’s scandal.”