Jennifer Garner Quotes
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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 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 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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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 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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I do all my own stunts!
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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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I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle... call Mom.
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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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It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?
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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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In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.
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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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Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.
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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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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 think all of us have our inner 13-year-old a lot closer to the surface than we're willing to admit even to ourselves.
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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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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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The news of my pregnancy got out when I was in the middle of my first trimester. I hadn't even had a chance to tell my friends. That alone was so ugly. It made me hyper-protective ... I feel uncomfortable with people reading too much about my pregnancy or my relationship. It grosses me out. It's too sweet to read about or dissect.
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I love being physical and acting at the same time.
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I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much.