Jessica Alba Quotes

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

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.

Movies are the shadiest business in the world.

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.

Your husband or your wife is the only person you can really choose to be your family and to have unconditional love with them.

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

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.

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

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

Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best.

I always try to do something for my husband that's completely selfless, and something that I hope will rock his world in some form or fashion.

Honor has to say "please" and "thank you." Manners are really important.

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

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

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

I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out.

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

I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It's nice to do that.

Mike Adams, you are simply the sexiest man alive. You have my vote in .

I don't hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I'm not out trying to make friends with people because they're famous.

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

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

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.

Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.

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.

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.

Everyone in my family is an artist in some capacity whether they're musicians, painters, or sculptors, so it's in their blood.

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

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

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

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

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.

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

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

But I don't feel the need to be famous.

I don't like being the center of attention.

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.

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

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

After a bath, I like to use Jo Wood Organics Usiku Body Oil. It mositurises my skin without leaving it greasy.

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

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

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

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