I don’t put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
JESSICA ALBAWhen it comes to diversity, women are still underrepresented in so many different places, but one place we’re not underrepresented is we hold a majority of the household income, and we control that.
More Jessica Alba Quotes
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I’ve got cousins galore, Mexicans just spread all their seeds and the women just pop them out.
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I had severe asthma and kidney problems and would get 105-degree fevers. I actually almost had to go on dialysis for my kidneys. I was also in the hospital for pneumonia.
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I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.
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It feels like I’m starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.
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I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.
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Find your passion and do it totally. The more life experience you get, the better you’ll be at whatever you want to do.
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It’s really, really, really difficult to have the same occupation as the person you’re with – especially when you’re both actors.
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I loved my baby dolls when I was a kid. I used to pray with them and say good night to each and every one of them because I didn’t want their feelings to get hurt. I remember having that connection with my baby dolls.
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I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.
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I share the same advice that my mom gave me – stay hydrated and sleep well. And that being a beautiful person on the inside is what really matters.
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Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.
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The films I do always have a happy ending. I hope it reflects back to real life.
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When I was young, I loved black men.
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Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
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Sometimes I don’t like my thighs or stomach, but whenever I get caught up in that, I always focus on the fact that I’m healthy now.
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A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.
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It’s been liberating to be able to play someone who’s a bada– or promiscuous, because that’s the opposite of who I am … It’s like a drug.
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I like to cook. I would probably go to culinary school in France if I had time.
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When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.
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I like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.
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You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
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I get all these screenplays that start ‘Tawnya is in the shower. The water streams down her naked, perky breasts’. I don’t think this is happening to Natalie Portman.
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My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home.
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My approach to acting now is so different — I’m fearless because I have nothing to lose. Before [children] my identity was wrapped up in every decision — now, I don’t care.
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I get self-conscious, but you have to just embrace it and go with it.
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When I went from girl body to woman body and all of a sudden I had tits and hips and a little tummy and natural fat in places, I freaked out.
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