Natalie Portman has a hot take on method acting and discussed why she chose not to apply the style of acting to her role in May December.

In the film, Portman portrays Elizabeth Berry, an actor who employs method acting a technique where actors take on the psyche of their character by fully immersing themselves in the life and mind of the role theyre playing to play a woman with a controversial past.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Monday, Portman explained why she has never done method acting.

Ive gotten very into roles, but I think its honestly a luxury that women cant afford, she said.

I dont think that children or partners would be very understanding of, you know, me making everyone call me Jackie Kennedy all the time, she added, nodding to her 2016 movie, Jackie, in which she stars as the former first lady.

Though Portman isnt a fan of method acting, its clear that she knows how to go to great lengths to embody herself in her on-screen roles.

The Oscar winner once shed 20 pounds, ate a miserable, restrictive diet of almonds and carrots and trained for hours each day to star as a ballerina in 2010s critically acclaimed Black Swan film.