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.
JESSICA ALBAAs a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.
More Jessica Alba Quotes
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I’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.
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I can’t tell you how great it is to get away with a girlfriend for four days shopping in Paris. Now that’s what I call a vacation.
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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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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 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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My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home.
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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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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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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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I actually wanted to be a producer because I like to run things.
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When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.
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The time I’m not spending with my kid has to be worth it.
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I’m all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.
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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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The films I do always have a happy ending. I hope it reflects back to real life.
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