VK: At the same time you have also recently become a producer! What is your criteria in selecting projects?
NP: One of the main criteria- originality. I want to do such films, which I had not yet seen.( Laughs.) I feel like I have my own view of how the movie can be directed. I love movies, and I like to be not only the front of the camera, but also behind it.
VK: How was it hard to see yourself onscreen constantly throughout this whole process? We know you acted in the " A Tale of Love and Darkness, where you also were the director.)
NP: It ' s hard. Normally I can ' t watch myself at all, and watching myself makes me cringe. But as a director you have to, you don ' t have the opportunity of saying, " I ' m not watching this."
VK: Are there any costumes you’ ve worn during your career that you love?
NP: Well, the ballet costumes in " Black Swan " were just gorgeous and in " Star Wars " they were insanely beautiful. VK: Actress, director, producer … it would seem, you are so full of affairs. And yet you still find time to work for charity organizations. Why is it so important for you?
NP: I realize that I was fortunate enough to be born in the right place at the right time, but not all of us are so lucky. Just go outside of America and Europe, you begin to understand how many poor people in the world and that terrible wars and conflicts flare up here and there. It matters to me, and I always try to share what I have, hoping to somehow balance this injustice.
VK: You were born in Jerusalem, now you live between Los Angeles, New York and Paris. Which city you can call your favorite?
NP: Paris. So many good memories associated with it! My first role in " Léon " movie. After the shooting, my mother and me went to museums, especially I remember the house Rodin. At age of 14, when I got the role in the Woody Allen’ s film " Everyone Says I Love You " I got up on Eiffel Tower and drinking mulled wine there! It was snowing. I had inexpressible emotions at that moment. Paris is the city of lights and romance. Paris is the city where it ' s hard not to fall in love. Paris is the city that will always be mine.
STAY ON TOP 07