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.
JESSICA ALBAI’ve been getting my makeup done professionally since I was 12, I’ve never found a brand that could create that glowing look and flawless finish we all want from beauty products with ingredients that were effective and safe. So I had to create it.
More Jessica Alba Quotes
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Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best.
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I don’t put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
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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’m not trying to do stuff for my kids necessarily all the time, but when you get the odd opportunity to do something for them that they could enjoy its cool.
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The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.
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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’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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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 like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.
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I’ve always been attracted to guys with big brains.
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I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.
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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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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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Sometimes I don’t like my thighs or stomach, but whenever I get caught up in that, I always focus on the fact that I’m healthy now.
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Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.
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Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.
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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 think that people who don’t like animals tend to be selfish, but I’m biased.
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I always try to do something for my husband that’s completely selfless, and something that I hope will rock his world in some form or fashion.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.
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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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It’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.
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