Shot by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue

The gorgeousness that is Natalie Portman is on the cover of the January 2011 issue of American Vogue looking pretty-in-pink wearing a J Mendel chiffon dress. The actress also gives a pretty candid interview speaking mostly about her most provactive role yet in the film Black Swan.

On eating:

“I swear, I eat. I ate a bagel an hour ago. I consume my own weight in hummus every day. I cook a lot, and I even do vegan baking.

“I like pleasure, I like joy. I’d never get to the point where I would starve or injure myself like Nina does. I’m the opposite—when I’m hungry, I eat, and I always make sure I’m eating something delicious. I’m tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that’s also part of my pleasure: knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.”

On sexy times with girls:

“Lesbian scenes, sex scenes, they’re all over the place! But because it’s me, people are shocked. I see the value of a good-girl persona—it’s so easy to subvert it!”

On living in LA:

“I’d always been really wary of L.A.; then I realized I liked it. But everyone important to me for my entire life is in New York.”

On having fake siblings, including the ladies of Rodarte:

“Fake siblings—I always imagine that’s why I have so many friends. In New York, I have probably 50 people that I’m very close to—so there’s constant interaction, but I don’t really see anyone regularly because it’s 50 people, whereas in Los Angeles I have five friends, and I see them every day. It’s the first time I’ve had really close girlfriends. Kate and Laura Mulleavy have schedules that are similar to mine, so we can go for a hike at noon, or to the museum in the middle of the day.”

On vulgarity:

“There’s a difference between being in a bra and underpants as an object on a men’s-magazine cover and playing yourself—a woman with desires and needs who loves and laughs with her friends—in a bra and underpants. You become an object if you simply put it out there. Most movies are made by men, it’s totally natural that they’re going to present their worldview, so we’re trying to find more women who are writers and directors who are expressing their worldview. Did you see Tiny Furniture? Lena Dunham wrote, directed, and starred in it; she’s 23, and it is just amazing. She walks around in her underwear for the whole movie; it’s harsh. She’s the subject, she’s not the object, and it’s beautiful—that’s the kind of thing we need more of.”

Don’t you love her even more after reading that? Don’t you need to be her fake sibling and invite your self to  go on hikes with the Rodarte women?

Yeah.