Natalie Portman's Awkward R-Rated Movie Moment | Letterman

you're going to be hearing a lot about our next guest uh she starred in the movie The Professional
and she all but steals the motion picture beautiful girls a new film which opens February
9th please welcome back the lovely Natalie Portman nice to see you you know when I heard you're going
to be on the program again I got very very happy really yeah yeah I'm very fond of you and I saw
your movie of beautiful girls that's very cute you play it's a great job nice going you know
you know have you ever guys ever worked together no yeah it's exciting though to be here with Mr
big shot is are now why don't you tell the folks a little bit about yourself a little bit about
your life I know that you're from this area you're you're still in school obviously how old are you
like I'm 14 14 years old now I I figured out that I've been alive as long as your show's been going
on dides that trouble you wow that's well it's nice to know something good has come of this uh
did you go to school today you're not one of those show actor school I go to public school school you
should stay in the public schools because those Showbiz actor schools aleec I'll tell you you know
they they're not what they you know the kids can't even count I I know 25-year-old actors
who've been in those schools that can't count I can count I just can't count very high yeah well
sure 1 million 2
million um that's all you you need that's all you need I can't count to 14 [Applause]
million so Natalie tell us uh you were in school today yes how what grade are you
in what is a 14y old nth grade and that's the freshman in high school yes yeah what' you do
today in school well I was supposed to have a test yeah in what class in English English we
had to read a travel book and we had this essay test but the teacher wasn't there but anyway well
where was why come the teacher wasn't there I don't know she was sick or something yeah and
um and so anyway so I stayed up all last night reading my book I read on the road on the road
yeah crazy book yeah now is that a good book to be reading when you're in the ninth grade
it's like it's like a druggy book everything it's it's all about like in every chapter they
do like heroin and Coke and then they said they smoked some tea mm smoked a little tea I was like
okay and then later they they came you know the problem was smoking tea the bag keeps catching on
fire got a thing going there yeah then later they explained that that was marijuana yeah sure well I
don't know is that a good influence did you learn anything from the book um my my history teacher
recommended it to me and I was like why' you recommend a jugy book yeah he's kind of a weird
guy yeah and and and what kind of a student are you are you do you get pretty good grades yeah I'm
a straight A student you're a straight A student well very nice I made this is I made honor roll
made the Honor Roll I would think so with straight A Alec what kind of grades did you get in high
school I'm sorry did you say something uh and and do you ever do you ever get in trouble the
way kids do I mean you must probably have some things that go wrong for you well I mean I don't
really get in trouble but like these things always happen like me and my friend me and my
two friends what are their names Rachel and Lauren yeah are they here tonight no they're
not how come they come with you they've got homework oh they got homework yeah and anyway
so they like God I'm sorry corrupting the Youth of America what about you you got homework yeah
but I'm doing it in the Green Room between you know while Alec was good ideal circumstances