Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don’t care about fame, I don’t care about being a celebrity. I know that’s part of the job, but I don’t feed into anyone’s idea of who I should be.
JESSICA ALBASuccess takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
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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 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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Good actors never use the script unless it’s amazing writing. All the good actors I’ve worked with, they all say whatever they want to say.
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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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When I was young, I loved black men.
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You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.
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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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Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.
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I’m all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.
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Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.
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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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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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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’ve got cousins galore, Mexicans just spread all their seeds and the women just pop them 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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