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.
JESSICA ALBAI’m much more of a risk taker. I’m more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don’t. I probably should.
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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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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 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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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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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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The 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.
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I can seriously spend five hours making one dinner.
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My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything – even if you have no clue what you’re doing.
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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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The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.
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Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.
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I don’t really have a problem with just wanting sex. Never have. Even when I was a virgin and wanted to marry the first guy who I slept with, I never passed any judgments about that. But now I’m done [with dating around].
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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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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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