Jessica Alba famous quotes

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.
-- Jessica Alba

#Communication #Collaboration #Sometimes

I bizarrely think that this [Sin City] is the perfect date movie. If a guy took me on a date to see this movie, I would marry him, for sure. It's bad-ass chicks and rad dudes, who are sexy, all over the place, and there's so much cool action.
-- Jessica Alba

#Sexy #Bad Ass #Thinking

I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.
-- Jessica Alba

#Jobs #Kissing #Boys

You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.
-- Jessica Alba

#Real #Vision #Passionate

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.
-- Jessica Alba

#Self Confidence #Looks #Clue

I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.
-- Jessica Alba

#Vinegar #Chemistry

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Dream #Space #Acting

My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I don't speak Spanish. So, to say that I'm a Latin actress, OK, but it's not fitting; it would be insincere.
-- Jessica Alba

#Growing Up #Latin #Race

Good actors never use the script unless it's amazing writing. All the good actors I've worked with, they all say whatever they want to say.
-- Jessica Alba

#Writing #Use #Actors

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.
-- Jessica Alba

#Play #Interesting #Wish

Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that you've done or didn't do in your relationship - and it's just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap.
-- Jessica Alba

#Done #Opinion #Our Relationship

When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.
-- Jessica Alba

#Care #Comedy #Introspection

I share the same advice that my mom gave me - stay hydrated and sleep well. And that being a beautiful person on the inside is what really matters.
-- Jessica Alba

#Beautiful #Mom #Self Esteem

I was a lot more critical of my body when it was probably pretty awesome. Why did I not ever wear jean shorts? That's so crazy. I was so skinny. I didn't have any cellulite what was I thinking? I was more willing to wear short skirts after I had my kids. I never wore them before. Ever. I was so self-conscious. Now I'm a lot more confident in my skin - because who cares? At the end of the day, it's so much time spent on something that really doesn't matter that much.
-- Jessica Alba

#Crazy #Kids #Thinking

I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant for babies. I would have to go to 50 different places just to get my house and my kid clean.
-- Jessica Alba

#Daughter #Mother #Baby

When I used to do the action scenes, I would have to play it rough. If you hit an actress accidentally, she would usually take it on the chin and say, `Don't do that again.' But with the guys, they would put ice on it, take a 20-minute break and ask for x-rays. It was unbelievable.
-- Jessica Alba

#Ice #Play #Guy

I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.
-- Jessica Alba

#Art #Way #Art Is

As a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.
-- Jessica Alba

#Girl #Dirty #Prudes

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Character #Interesting #Want

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Careers #Iron #Choices

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Parent #Trying #Want

Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.
-- Jessica Alba

#Mother #Just Being #Bigs

Makeup can be pure fantasy--it can transform you into any kind of magical creature, whether that's a superhero or a retro Hollywood icon or just a more fun, fresher version of yourself. Looking like a stress-free, well-rested working mom? That's some kind of magic to me.
-- Jessica Alba

#Mom #Fun #Stress

There's a lot of pressure on women to fulfill certain fantasies. They expect you to be a little bit of a tart, to flirt with all the men. A lot of women do it. But I'm not doing that. I talk with these guys about their wives and kids right away. When they say inappropriate things, I let them, because boys will be boys, but I'm not looking to participate in their conversations.
-- Jessica Alba

#Women #Kids #Flirting

All moms need confidants who are in their shoes and can relate to what they're going through. You need a night out together to be who you are, and not feel like you have to be the career woman, wife and mommy--all at once. After all, we're not superwomen.
-- Jessica Alba

#Mom #Night #Careers

[On accepting travel suggestions from her two daughters, 6 and 3:] When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go.
-- Jessica Alba

#Daughter #Travel #Vacation

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 Alba

#Thinking #Water #Hollywood

Especially in entertainment geared toward young people, the women are much stronger than they used to be. There's not really the damsel in distress anymore. I think the stereotype still possibly lives in different genre pictures but, in entertainment for the younger generation, they're used to women being equal and being strong. I think if you don't portray that, it would be kind of weird.
-- Jessica Alba

#Strong #Thinking #People

I guess for me, balance isn't about treating your time like a pie chart and dividing it into equally sized slices for you, the kids, work, and so on. It's about the quality of how you spend your time, not the quantity--are you being present and focused on whatever you're doing while you're doing it? I truly believe that's how you can be the best version of yourself, whether you're in work mode, mom mode, or wife mode. When I know I'm giving my undivided attention in each of these areas, I don't feel so guilty about the time spent away from them.
-- Jessica Alba

#Mom #Believe #Kids

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Girlfriend #Vacation #Shopping

For me, makeup is about being your best self. If I wake up in a foul mood and have to deal with temper tantrums and an exploding diaper--I know taking 10 minutes to get my game face on will reset my stress levels. It's a chance to check in and remind myself--you got this.
-- Jessica Alba

#Stress #Makeup #Self

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Children #Decision #Fearless

As a kid, I was always sick. I had pneumonia, I had really severe allergies. And it wasn't until I got older, that I realized some of that was caused by toxins in things like detergent. That made me crazy, because it's supposed to help get things clean!
-- Jessica Alba

#Crazy #Kids #Pneumonia

A parent knows better than any book or "expert" what their kid really needs.
-- Jessica Alba

#Book #Kids #Parent

If I didn't get a job, between 16 and 18, that wasn't significant, I was just going to go to college. I didn't want to be a struggling actor at 36 with five kids, doing something I hated. You see the story so much. It's such a vicious business to be in when you're not meant to be in it.
-- Jessica Alba

#Jobs #Struggle #Kids

I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
-- Jessica Alba

#People #Weight #Fame

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Kids #Directors #Agents

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Thinking #Perfect #Guy

Movies are the shadiest business in the world.
-- Jessica Alba

#World

My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home.
-- Jessica Alba

#Home #Parent #Drink

Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers.
-- Jessica Alba

#Night #Wife #Sunglasses

Free driving is like an extreme sports version of snorkeling, ... That's about 50 feet deep. And basically what you do is you hold your breath and you wear a weight belt and go down as fast as possible and hold your breath for minutes at a time.
-- Jessica Alba

#Sports #Feet #Weight

In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not.
-- Jessica Alba

#People #Western Culture #Ghost

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Sarcastic #Guy #Way

I've got cousins galore, Mexicans just spread all their seeds and the women just pop them out
-- Jessica Alba

#Cousin #Pops #Spread

The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it.
-- Jessica Alba

#Mom #Kids #Spending

You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
-- Jessica Alba

#Successful #Shapes #Actresses

I wish there were two of me and 48-hour days so I could get everything done. But for me, I have to not try and think that everything has to be 100% perfect all the time and leave room for error. As long as my kids feel loved and a priority, everything really is secondary.
-- Jessica Alba

#Kids #Thinking #Two

Guys are stimulated easily. They are easy to manipulate. All you have to do is wear a sexy outfit.
-- Jessica Alba

#Sexy #Guy #Easy

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Sexy #Fun #Ironic

I think that people who don't like animals tend to be selfish, but I'm biased.
-- Jessica Alba

#Selfish #Animal #Thinking

No one gives Cameron Diaz a hard time for not speaking Spanish.
-- Jessica Alba

#Hard Times #Giving #Cameron

The films I do always have a happy ending. I hope it reflects back to real life.
-- Jessica Alba

#Real #Real Life #Happy Endings

Find your passion and do it totally. The more life experience you get, the better you'll be at whatever you want to do.
-- Jessica Alba

#Passion #Want #Life Experience

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.
-- Jessica Alba

#Jobs #Ideas #Mold

Like many other moms out there, I try to buy safe products for my family, but that can't be the only solution. You can't hire a team of scientists to do your shopping for you. At some point the government has to step in and ensure that chemicals are safe before our children are exposed to them.
-- Jessica Alba

#Mom #Children #Team

When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.
-- Jessica Alba

#Work Out #Feel Good #Energy

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 Alba

#Who I Am #Opposites #Play

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.
-- Jessica Alba

#Men #Mirrors #Needs