And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.
JENNIFER LOPEZPeople used to believe their life-or at least their life as a performer-was over at 28 or some ungodly age! God, when I think of myself back then, I had no idea who I was. I think I’m barely getting that under control now.
More Jennifer Lopez Quotes
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They’re making me out to be a serial marrying person or something. I’m laughing at that.
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You can’t take life for granted.
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Mommy. It’s just the one thing you don’t want to mess up.
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Just because you dress sexy doesn’t mean you’re a bad girl; it just means you know how to dress.
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When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that’s what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self.
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Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.
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I like to cook Puerto Rican food. That’s what I grew up on: rice, beans, meat, some Italian-American food. I know my way around the kitchen.
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I’m very comfortable with being productive. I like doing things, and I like creating things. As far as being powerful, I guess I’m comfortable with it. It’s not really how I think of myself.
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When I was in my 20s I wasn’t sure of myself. Now I can really stretch. I don’t have to stay in the box. At this point I can say to myself, So what if I fall, so what? I’m going to get back up.
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I judge people on how they smell, not how they look.
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People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I’m shaped this way, I must be scandalous – like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it’s just the opposite.
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I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there’ll be no time when I feel I’ve done it all.
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By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.
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Lifes too short to live the same day twice.
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Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.
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For me, fashion is an expression of who I am right in that moment – so what you’re seeing is what I’m influenced by now.
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I have to work, for my soul.
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This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I’ve worked with Robert Redford.
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The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.
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Sometimes you have to explore the darkness to get to the light and get back to who you are.
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My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don’t think I would have been very happy. I’d be in front of the jury singing.
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I swear to God, I don’t remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.
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If you kiss on the first date and it’s not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it’s better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.
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Things don’t always turn out exactly the way you want them to be and you feel disappointed. You are not always going to be the winner. That’s when you have to stop and figure out why things happened the way they did and what you can do to change them.
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You have got to love yourself first. You have got to be ok on your own before you can be ok with somebody else. You have got to value yourself and know that you are worth everything.
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I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it’s smart to listen to other people’s advice, but at the end of the day, you’re the only one who can tell you what’s right for you.
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