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.
JESSICA ALBAI 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 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 work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.
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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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Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
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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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I get all these screenplays that start ‘Tawnya is in the shower. The water streams down her naked, perky breasts’. I don’t think this is happening to Natalie Portman.
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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’m not one of those women with a really thin body. I have body fat.
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The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.
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I don’t need to be famous. I’m not that ambitious. At this point, if I’m not sucked in, I’m never going to get sucked in. Being the so-called hot girl, I disconnect from that. It’s not that deep.
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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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Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best.
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I loved my baby dolls when I was a kid. I used to pray with them and say good night to each and every one of them because I didn’t want their feelings to get hurt. I remember having that connection with my baby dolls.
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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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The time I’m not spending with my kid has to be worth it.
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