You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
JESSICA ALBAI’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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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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A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.
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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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I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.
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I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.
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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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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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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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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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Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
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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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I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.
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Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.
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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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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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