Natalie Portman has said being a mum is the hardest job and more intense than any role she has played.
The Black Swan actress was being interviewed by Elle Magazine for her upcoming film, Thor: The Dark World, and said being on set is like having a day off compared to motherhood.
Speaking to the November issue of the magazine, she explained: "I love being a mum, but it’s much more intensive work than being an actress – going to work feels like you’ve got a day off.
"Not that I want a day off from being a mum, it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone."
Natalie also said she thought Hollywood had a long way to go before it depicted feminism properly.
She said, "I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
"I want both to be able to do whatever they want sexually without being called names. I want them to be allowed to be weak and strong and happy and sad - human, basically.
"The fallacy in Hollywood is that if you're making a 'feminist' story, the woman kicks ass and wins. That's not feminist, that's macho. A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathise with."
The next Thor movie - s a superhero film based on the Marvel comics – is released in Australia on October 31. Jane Foster, Ms Portman's character, is brought to Earth from another planet having been infected with a supernatural energy.
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