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.
JESSICA ALBAYou have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
More Jessica Alba Quotes
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I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It’s nice to do that.
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Way too high maintenance to be in a relationship with an actor. I don’t need a man who spends as much time in front of the mirror as me.
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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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No one gives Cameron Diaz a hard time for not speaking Spanish.
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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 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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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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Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.
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You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
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There’s no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there’d be no challenge. Also, you’d feel inferior.
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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 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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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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Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
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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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