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    • Jessica Alba: I was always annoyed that my name was Jessica. There were, like, 800 Jessicas at every school I went to! The great thing about having a different name is that it's part of your identity.
    • Jessica Alba: I never believed women had to be virgins when they got married, or that a woman has to fall in love with a guy just because they're having sex. I don't think sex is a big deal.
    • Jessica Alba: Hollywood always play[s] up your sexuality, because that's what gets men into the theaters. It's nothing to be ashamed of. But it is definitely not what I am about by any means! I don't think I was comfortable with my sexuality until I was an adult, probably, like, 22 - that's when I stopped apologizing and stopped feeling ashamed.
    • Jessica Alba: I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.
    • Jessica Alba: (claiming a ghost attacked her when she was 17) I had no idea what it was. I felt this pressure and I couldn't get up, I couldn't scream, I couldn't talk, I couldn't do anything. There was definitely something in my parents' old house - I don't know what it was. I can't really explain it. But they got it blessed and they burned sage and stuff since then.
    • Jessica Alba: (What she learned about serious relationships) I've learned that if you're not going to change as a person, you're going to be unfulfilled later in life. You're going to different at 18 than you are at 25. So if you make a decision to be in a relationship, it has to be conductive with you developing as a person instead of staying sort of paralyzed. You have to allow yourself to grow. The most beautiful thing to me is when you find someone you can truly grow with.
    • Jessica Alba: (Being a girly girl and a tomboy) Yeah, but I've always been sort of a combo because I'm also a tomboy. I dyed my hair and got a perm when I was 8, did my nails, and hung out with girls and played dress-up. But I'd also go outside and play football and baseball. Now I love sports, hanging out with my dad, playing golf, and all that. But it's one thing to be a guy's girl and another thing to be looked at as a "sexy girl." It's a funny thing. Hopefully I'll be able to find some kind of balance in it all.
    • Jessica Alba: (revealing she will never strip for a film role due to her strict Catholic upbringing) I will never do a nude scene in a movie, not ever. I can act sexy and I can wear sexy clothes but I can't go naked. I think I was always very uncomfortable about the way my body developed.
    • Jessica Alba: I'm so not cool. I used to feel like a reject, like I didn't belong in Hollywood because I wasn't a cool kid and I didn't go out to the hottest clubs. But now I embrace the fact that I'm not cool.
    • Jessica Alba: Men's magazines have nipples so why don't women have a magazine where men show their penises? There's Playgirl but not a fashion magazine like Elle. If there was a magazine like that I'd buy it. Nudity's not a big deal to me.
    • Jessica Alba: I think the physicality of the Wii gets people off the couch. Sometimes you can just sit there playing a video game for hours and never move and you're brain is just zapped from playing the game. With the Wii, you're up on your feet and moving around. The physical aspect of it is great, especially for kids. They actually call it the Wii Diet, since active players can burn calories!
    • Jessica Alba: I have seen myself in video games, like in Dark Angel or the first Fantastic Four game. It's totally weird. It's like having an action figure.
    • Jessica Alba: (How she has grown over the years) I'm now at a place where I don't think I have to prove things to people all the time, and I don't have to be such a ballbuster. I was in such a "work mode" for so much of my life that I just didn't enjoy the moments. So I'm trying to live in the moment and not always be so careful with everything and not think about the results of every single decision I make. It hurts your brain! It hurts your soul too.
    • Jessica Alba: I actually started wanting to do movies when I was little because it felt like all the cool heroes I looked up to were always men. The men saved the day and the women were just the damsels in distress. I wanted to be the superhero. I didn't want the superhero to come save me!
    • Jessica Alba: (Her guilty pleasure) I love shopping at Target. I've spent many hours there in bliss. You can buy everything- all the cooking appliances you could ever want, the cute clothes…and the list goes on. At the Target in Albuquerque, New Mexico [where she filmed the upcoming horror flick The Eye], you can buy groceries there too. So you can get ice cream sandwiches and nail polish at the same store. That's the American dream!
    • Jessica Alba: I try not to make the headlines. I'm self-conscious about this. I try to not make my presence known. I have my own fashion style and do not try to fit in. I don't have my breasts under my chin, I'm not showing butt cheeks, nor much legs. I don't go for the trendiest look.
    • Jessica Alba: The most important thing I have learned in life was that being a teenager wasn't forever. I had a hard time being a teenager. "I don't hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I'm not out trying to make friends with people because they're famous." "I have my own spiritual thing, but am not part of an organized religion. I think religion is very special and individual to each person."
    • Jessica Alba: I have my own fashion style and do not try to fit in. I don't have my breasts under my chin, I'm not showing butt cheeks, nor much legs. I don't go for the trendiest look.
    • Jessica Alba: I'm really girly when it comes to kids. I've been surrounded by kids my whole life because I'm the oldest of 15 cousins - I've been changing diapers since I was six. I want to have a couple, for sure.
    • Jessica Alba: (On her body image) My mom is white, so I grew up thinking that women should be fair and blonde. Things I was made fun of for-thick lips and a curvy body- got better as I got older.
    • Jessica Alba: I don't hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I'm not out trying to make friends with people because they're famous.
    • Jessica Alba: (revealing she visited strip clubs to prepare for her role in "Sin City") I was worried about lots of things, including my top falling down, my chaps splitting or even hitting myself in the face with the rope I had to use. I saw the pictures in the comic book and thought, 'How could I get such great breasts?' But then I went to lots of strip clubs and watched and learned.
    • Jessica Alba: (recalling the days she worked on "Beverly Hills 90210") You wouldn't be allowed to talk to them [the actors] unless they spoke to you first. It was bizarre. I don't really know why. Maybe because the leading characters were so popular they didn't want other actors looking at them. But I guess that's what happens when you become a big star.
    • Jessica Alba: I never dress for men - I dress for women.
    • Jessica Alba: 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: Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers.
    • Jessica Alba: (On learning Spanish) I have a great accent because I grew up hearing it in the neighborhood. But I have no idea what I'm saying.
    • Jessica Alba: You want me to be quiet? Then I'm going to be louder. Frankly, you have to have that kind of entitlement being a woman in this business.
    • Jessica Alba: I could never have a one night stand… I'm the kind of girl who looks over in the morning and is like, Do you really have to be here?
    • Jessica Alba: 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: I can now hold my breath under water longer than [Into the Blue co-stars] Paul Walker, Scott Caan, and Josh Brolin!
    • Jessica Alba: (On who she would most like to be stuck in a lift with) Michael Caine. He's one of my favorite actors. I met him once, and he's so witty and intelligent. I think we'd have a fun time.
    • Jessica Alba: (On her awkward stage when she was growing up) I had braces... and I was pigeon-toed. I really had my moments with the ugly gene.
    • Jessica Alba: 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: I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out.
    • Jessica Alba: I'm good at being sarcastic with guys. They don't want the quiet, prissy little things.
    • Jessica Alba: Guys are stimulated easily. They are easy to manipulate. All you have to do is wear a sexy outfit.
    • Jessica Alba: I have my own spiritual thing, but I am not part of an organized religion. I think religion is very special and individual to each person.
    • Jessica Alba: I like Spongebob Squarepants, he's goofy like me.
    • Jessica Alba: I don't need to be in the press or seen. Just because I'm not in a movie or magazines doesn't mean I'm going away. It just means I have some integrity.
    • Jessica Alba: I couldn't do commercials. I was like why should I smile all the time?
    • Jessica Alba: 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. I look forward to the day when I can do a small movie and act and it's not about me wearing a bathing suit or chaps.
    • Jessica Alba: 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: (On if she see a sex symbol when she looks in the mirror) Are you kidding? I actually don't think I'm attractive. The public only sees me after I've had my hair and make-up done. Or I'm in photos that have been airbrushed or lit a certain way. It's all an illusion.
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