Jessica Alba Quotes

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].

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

I actually wanted to be a producer because I like to run things.

Sometimes I don't like my thighs or stomach, but whenever I get caught up in that, I always focus on the fact that I'm healthy now.

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

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

I didn't really [seriously] go out with any guys until I was 18 and met my ex-fiancé, Michael Weatherly.

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

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

My approach to wellbeing is to not be so critical and so hard on myself, and also to not think that I have to conform to other people's ideas of beauty, and to be okay with what made me feel good. I think it took me a while to get there.

I can seriously spend five hours making one dinner.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I've been getting my makeup done professionally since I was 12, I've never found a brand that could create that glowing look and flawless finish we all want from beauty products with ingredients that were effective and safe. So I had to create it.

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.

Movies are the shadiest business in the world.

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

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

I could have a one-night stand, and I'm the kind of girl who looks over in the morning and is like, Do you really have to be here? I don't need to cuddle and do all that stuff because I know what it is and I don't try to make it more. I feel like a lot of women try to make it into more, so they don't feel so bad about just wanting to have sex.

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

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.

I think the world is ready for people of color to take on more heroic and leading roles, and not always be the sidekick, the nemesis or any sort of stereotype of what a person of color can play typically in a Hollywood picture.

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.

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

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.

I don't need to be famous. I'm not that ambitious. At this point, if I'm not sucked in, I'm never going to get sucked in. Being the so-called hot girl, I disconnect from that. It's not that deep.

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.

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.

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

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.

My mind is constantly in five different places, but golf is great because it forces you to focus completely and purely on what you're doing.

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.

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.

Nothing is put on pause. Everything is still happening. And then as far as just reflecting on what got you to where you are, there aren't very many times where we have the space to sit and reflect and really understand the depth of what it took and the grit that we had to have to get to where we are.

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

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.

Actors are pulled in so many different directions that unless you both are absolutely into it through thick and thin and completely sure about each other, it's just hard. I've decided I'll never date an actor again.

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

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

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.

I get self-conscious, but you have to just embrace it and go with it.

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