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American-Israeli actress Natalie Portman has always been vocal about the sexualization she underwent when she was just a child actor. Her career started with 'Leon: The Professional', where she starred alongside French great Jean Reno and played a Lolita-type character in her early teens. A few years after that while she was still in her teens, Portman played Padme Amidala in the Star Wars franchise and felt she was overly sexualized even in those movies. In many ways, Portman recognizes she grew up inside a bubble that protected her from all the many different types of excess child actors go through in their lives. That is due to having responsible parents who always wanted the best for her.
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Portman was asked about the life of a child actor and if she would recommend it for other children. This is wat she said during an interview with Variety: "I would not encourage young people to go into this. I don't mean ever; I mean as children. I feel it was almost an accident of luck that I was not harmed, also combined with very overprotective, wonderful parents. You don't like it when you're a kid, and you're grateful for it when you're an adult. I've heard too many bad stories to think that any children should be part of it. Ultimately, I don't believe that kids should work. I think kids should play and go to school."
Portman's case is unique in the sense that so many other child stars didn't end up in great condition. We know how Drew Barrymore struggled when she was younger after breaking out from the E.T. film. Makaulay Culkin is another example, he doesn't even act anymore. However, there are other cases similar to Portman such as the Fanning sisters or even Millie Bobby Brown. Much of how these child actors grow will depend on who are their tutors or how responsible their parents are. This advice from Portman is sound but most parents who see their child has acting skills will more than likely be seduced by the massive paychecks they will get for exploiting their children.