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.
JESSICA ALBAI basically went out with any guy who asked me because hardly anyone ever asked me out.
More Jessica Alba Quotes
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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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You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
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Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
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I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.
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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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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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Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.
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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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I really like older British guys – I don’t think any of them would ever have a problem with crying in front of a woman or saying “I love you” or “You hurt me” or emotional stuff like that.
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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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When I was young, I loved black men.
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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 don’t really have a problem with just wanting sex. Never have. Even when I was a virgin and wanted to marry the first guy who I slept with, I never passed any judgments about that. But now I’m done [with dating around].
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When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.
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The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.
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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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In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts, it’s just accepted. And in Western culture it’s just not.
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A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.
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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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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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Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.
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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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Some [actors] are really a pain in the ass today. I held out on getting an assistant forever because I didn’t want to seem demanding… or like a pain in the ass. I didn’t want someone working for me to hate me.
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I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.
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I’m comfortable looking sexy. I don’t push it with poses, although I like the ironic part of it. That’s what makes it fun.
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I’m really good at being sarcastic with guys. That’s the best way to hang out with them, because that’s what guys . They don’t want the quiet, prissy little things.
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