Natalie Portman Calls Oscar Award a 'False Idol'; Says 'It's Not Displayed on the Wall'

Winning the Oscar - the most elusive, elite award in Hollywood, and it's been deemed the pinnacle of success for actors and actresses everywhere. But in a new interview, Natalie Portman admits that she's not exactly spending time polishing up her Academy Award. 

Speaking with the 'Hollywood Reporter', Portman, who won the coveted "Best Actress" award for her performance in 2010's "Black Swan", said about the trophy: "I haven't seen it in a while. I mean, [director] Darren actually said to me something when we were in that whole thing that resonated so deeply. I was reading the story of Abraham to my child and talking about, like, not worshipping false idols. And this is literally like gold men. This is literally worshipping gold idols-if you worship it. That's why it's not displayed on the wall. It's a false idol."

Perhaps Portman was sharing with her son the story of Abraham's covenant with God. According to Jewish tradition and holy texts, Abraham was born Abram and lived in the city of Ur, the child of an idol merchant. He came to see that idols were of no power and eventually turned instead to the notion of monotheism. God called him out of the city of Ur, with the promise to make his family a great nation. 

The Israeli-born Natalie Portman, who currently splits her time between L.A. and Paris, France, was born in Israel and has long been vocal about her heritage. She named her three-year-old son "Aleph" after the word in the Hebrew alphabet that means "one." She just finished her first solo long-form production film effort, "A Tale of Love and Darkness," filmed on location in Jerusalem. "A Tale of Love and Darkness," adapted from a bestselling memoir by Amos Oz, will be screened this year at the prestigious Cannes film festival. Natalie also was the screenwriter for the Hebrew-language film.