Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.
JESSICA ALBAThe time I’m not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It’s all about the directors.
More Jessica Alba Quotes
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When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.
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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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I like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.
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Your husband or your wife is the only person you can really choose to be your family and to have unconditional love with them.
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When 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.
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I think people couldn’t really put me in [one race]. I wasn’t Mexican, I wasn’t white, I wasn’t black, I wasn’t Asian… I wasn’t anything, and I didn’t really fit into anybody’s group. My dad is Mexican, and my mom is French and Danish.
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I always try to do something for my husband that’s completely selfless, and something that I hope will rock his world in some form or fashion.
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I don’t need to be famous. I’m not that ambitious. At this point, if I’m not sucked in, I’m never going to get sucked in. Being the so-called hot girl, I disconnect from that. It’s not that deep.
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Some [actors] are really a pain in the ass today. I held out on getting an assistant forever because I didn’t want to seem demanding… or like a pain in the ass. I didn’t want someone working for me to hate me.
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I basically went out with any guy who asked me because hardly anyone ever asked me out.
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I don’t put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
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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’ve always been attracted to guys with big brains.
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As far as being married and what it means to me… it’s nice knowing that I have a partner in life and that someone’s got my back.
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I’m comfortable looking sexy. I don’t push it with poses, although I like the ironic part of it. That’s what makes it fun.
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The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.
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I’ve been getting my makeup done professionally since I was 12, I’ve never found a brand that could create that glowing look and flawless finish we all want from beauty products with ingredients that were effective and safe. So I had to create it.
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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 thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.
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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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I never fit in with my peer group. I never hung out with kids my age – I always wanted to hang out with my mom and her girlfriends.
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I don’t think it serves any minority or underrepresented group to be coddled. Because the world won’t coddle you. So I actually believe in tough love, hard truths, black and white.
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I love acting because it’s this space where dreams can be realized, fantasy comes to life, and there are no limitations on what’s possible.
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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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I bizarrely think that this [Sin City] is the perfect date movie. If a guy took me on a date to see this movie, I would marry him, for sure. It’s bad-ass chicks and rad dudes, who are sexy, all over the place, and there’s so much cool action.
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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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