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.
JESSICA ALBAIt’s not always so great to be objectified, but I don’t feel I have much of a choice right now. I’m young in my career. I know I have to strike when the iron is hot.
More Jessica Alba Quotes
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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 can seriously spend five hours making one dinner.
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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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There’s no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there’d be no challenge. Also, you’d feel inferior.
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I didn’t really [seriously] go out with any guys until I was 18 and met my ex-fiancé, Michael Weatherly.
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Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
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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 don’t hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I’m not out trying to make friends with people because they’re famous.
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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 could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.
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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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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 like to cook. I would probably go to culinary school in France if I had time.
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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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Movies are the shadiest business in the world.
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