Natalie Portman refuses to wear leather as self-proclaimed vegetarian

Hot off the press is what's not on Natalie Portman's shopping list. No leather, no buying anything new and no meat.

The 28-year-old actress and on-again-off-again vegetarian is now setting the speculation straight on her diet.

In a recent interview with the UK's Observer magazine, Portman proclaimed while she's not a full-blown vegan, she is working to phase out eggs in her diet.

"I I don’t think I could do it. It’s really hard for traveling, especially if you want to maintain your protein levels," she confessed.

Hilary Swank said she had a hard time keeping good weight on and after 18 years of vegan life made the switch back to the other side.

Adding she also refuses to wear leather.

Natalie was recently spotted dining at a vegan restaurant in downtown Manhattan, reportedly noshing on a soy-cheese sandwich which stirred up the "news" of what Natalie Portman really "is" - Vegan or not?

The LA Times ran a report that she had, in fact, reverted to a vegan diet and the Observer followed up.

In both reports, the 28-year-old Portman revealed reading an early release of the book Eating Animals and switched from vegetarian to vegan immediately after reading it. In a global effort, the star is taking her clean eating habits to heart on and off the table, incorporating a greener take on what she wears too.

"I sort of made a no-buying-anything-new rule," Entertainment Daily reported the actress saying to the Observer. I just have a lot of stuff."

Frankly adding, "I figured, 'Look, if I need something, if my running shoes have holes in them and I don’t have running shoes any more, then I’ll get new ones. But you know, I have 40 T-shirts, I have 20 pairs of jeans you get so forced into believing [that you need all this stuff]. Maybe it’s a New York thing."

Natalie's next big flick is Brothers and features male co-stars Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal.