Jennifer Garner Quotes
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I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle... call Mom.
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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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Approaching the treadmill I tell myself, 'Okay, it's just 10 minutes, after that you can get off the thing'. That's no time at all.
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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 do all my own stunts!
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My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.
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After the kids are asleep you... well, you know. Whatever it is. You slip away for a night.
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I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down to earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.
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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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Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.
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I adore going to movie sets and being part of a team trying to create something. And yet, I hate to miss even one bedtime with my girls. . . 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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My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.
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In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.
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My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.
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I don't want a gang of shouting, arguing, law-breaking photographers to camp out everywhere we are, all day every day, to continue traumatizing my kids.
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I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much.
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I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do and I know every job comes with a downside.
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I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.
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It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?
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Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it.
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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 have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.
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I want my girls to love math. I want them to think that being a scientist is the coolest possible job on the planet. I want them to not be afraid to lean toward their femininity.
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I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times.