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.
JESSICA ALBAAs a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.
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Way too high maintenance to be in a relationship with an actor. I don’t need a man who spends as much time in front of the mirror as me.
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In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts, it’s just accepted. And in Western culture it’s just not.
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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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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 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 didn’t really [seriously] go out with any guys until I was 18 and met my ex-fiancé, Michael Weatherly.
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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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My mind is constantly in five different places, but golf is great because it forces you to focus completely and purely on what you’re doing.
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A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.
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I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It’s nice to do that.
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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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Parents try the best they can. They want the best for you. But a lot of their stuff is just their own. If you can pull yourself away from it and not always feel like they’re attacking you, then it’s easier to deal with.
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As a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.
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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 like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.
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The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.
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I really like older British guys – I don’t think any of them would ever have a problem with crying in front of a woman or saying “I love you” or “You hurt me” or emotional stuff like that.
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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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Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.
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I’m really good at being sarcastic with guys. That’s the best way to hang out with them, because that’s what guys . They don’t want the quiet, prissy little things.
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Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that you’ve done or didn’t do in your relationship – and it’s just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap.
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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 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’ve always been attracted to guys with big brains.
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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 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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