Jennifer Garner Quotes

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Jennifer Garner

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 17, 1972

I wasn't a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted.

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Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know?

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My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance.

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I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.

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My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures.

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I'm still conflict-averse. I don't like to argue.

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I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls who wear skinny jeans throughout their pregnancies. But I just gain weight.

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I always, always meant to be on stage. I only ended up even auditioning for television and movies because I was understudying a Turgenev play on Broadway and was so broke that, when I got a mini-series, I had to take it and was so ashamed because I was such a snob.

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You stick to the script, the script is Bible.

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I mean, any time an actress gets to work with another actress, it's like, 'Oh, there are two of us in a movie! How are you? Let's sit in the hair chair together!' We're lonely women.

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I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers.

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I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.

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I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life.

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You're supposed to look a certain way when you're a celebrity, but I want to take care of my baby, and those two things don't mesh very well.

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I mean, I didn't ever watch 'Gilligan's Island' and think, 'Those people are actors.' I lived in West Virginia. Hollywood just felt like this total other universe.

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In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.

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The outside world can be very tough.

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My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy.

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My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up.

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