I don’t hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I’m not out trying to make friends with people because they’re famous.
JESSICA ALBAAs a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.
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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 can seriously spend five hours making one dinner.
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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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When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.
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The time I’m not spending with my kid has to be worth it.
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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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A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.
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Parents try the best they can. They want the best for you. But a lot of their stuff is just their own. If you can pull yourself away from it and not always feel like they’re attacking you, then it’s easier to deal with.
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I like to cook. I would probably go to culinary school in France if I had time.
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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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As a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.
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As far as being married and what it means to me… it’s nice knowing that I have a partner in life and that someone’s got my back.
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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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I’m not one of those women with a really thin body. I have body fat.
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I basically went out with any guy who asked me because hardly anyone ever asked me out.
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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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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 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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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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Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.
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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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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 didn’t really [seriously] go out with any guys until I was 18 and met my ex-fiancé, Michael Weatherly.
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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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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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The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.
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