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Jennifer Garner is an accomplished American actress, born on April 17, 1972. She gained widespread popularity for her outstanding performances in various television shows and movies, particularly known for her roles in 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'The Guardian'.

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“I think that it’s not as crazily different, my job, from anyone else’s, as people let themselves believe. I think people get wrapped up in their own idea of what it is, but it’s really not that.”

People Thinking Believe Ideas Different Jobs

Author:Jennifer Garner

“You know how as a kid you picture yourself with a tall, handsome husband, and you imagine him cuddling your baby? Ben is like that, like, on crack.”

Knows Kids Know How Imagine Baby Husband Cracks Tall Handsome Cuddling

Author:Jennifer Garner

“I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don't take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it.”

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“I'm here to tell you I do [have a baby bump]. I am not pregnant, but I have had three kids and there is a bump.”

Kids Three Baby Pregnant Bumps

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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 mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother’s voice and smile.”

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“After the kids are asleep you... well, you know. Whatever it is. You slip away for a night.”

Knows Wells Kids Night Slips

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“I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does -- and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be. [With Scott] I wanted to see him as a white knight and was crushed whenever anything normal happened. I wanted to be the princess. Now I'm much more willing to see myself as human and flawed, and accept someone -- the whole picture. My life is definitely changing for the better. I couldn't be happier or feel more comfortable with the direction it's going in.”

“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.”

Want Kids Law Photographer Arguing Camps Gang Shouting Law Breaking

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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.”

Knows Want Jobs Lasts Beautiful Complaining Beautiful Life Charmed

Author:Jennifer Garner

“I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be.”

Wells Kind Doe Hard Romance Used Fantasy Hard Work Used To Be Pragmatic

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“My big sister Melissa, is such a stud and my little sister Suzanna, has always had a perfect body and big blue eyes. We were a force.”

Littles Body Bigs Eye Force Perfect Blue Blue Eyes Little Sister Big Sister Studs Sister In Law Melissa Big Eyes

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“I feel lucky, though, because even when 'Alias' was popular, I was still sent scripts against type. I've never felt like the world only sees me one way. But yes, it's been really fun to be bad.”

World Way Feels Stills Fun Felt Type Lucky Scripts One Way Aliases

Author:Jennifer Garner

“My mom gave me a good piece of advice. She said never marry a man thinking you can change him, and I think that starts from your first date when you're in the seventh grade onwards. Women are fixers so we have to just not fix. Don't fix.”

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“You stick to the script, the script is Bible.”

Author:Jennifer Garner

“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.”

Thinking Want Jobs Girl Planets Scientist Math Femininity My Girl Math Love

Author:Jennifer Garner

“I am not pregnant, but I've had three kids, and there is a 'bump.' From now on, ladies, I will have a 'bump' and it will be my 'baby bump,' and let's just all settle in and get used to it. It's not going anywhere.”

Children Body Kids Used Three Baby Actresses Settling Pregnancy Pregnant Bumps My Baby

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“I mean, the men in Hollywood event is every day - it's called Hollywood.”

Men Mean Events He Man Hollywood

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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.”

Trying Wells Kind Sides Accepting Achieve Flip Two Sides

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“It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?”

Way Inspirational Strong Vulnerable Bad Things Fragile

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“I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle... call Mom.”

Knows Inspirational Enough Mom Pickles

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“To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.”

Wanted Moving Company New York Be Good Ballerina Charleston

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“I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself.”

Ifs Way Feels Trying Mean Littles Use Rewards Feel Good Chocolate Bites

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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.”

World Tough Outside World

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“The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.”

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“Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.”

Should Care Tears Take Care

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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.”

Way Want Wells Looks Two Care Certain Baby Take Care Two Things My Baby Mesh

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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.”

People Should Heart Dream Earth Mother Changed Dad Circumstances Lucky Smart Should Have Organization Bigger Forgotten Curious Gifted Outlook Down To Earth

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“I am the model middle child. I am patient and I like to take care of everyone. Being called nice is a compliment. It's not a boring way to describe me.”

Way Children Care Nice Middle Models Patient Boring Take Care Compliment Describe Me Middle Child

Author:Jennifer Garner

“I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than there is with clip-ons, and they're a lot more comfortable to wear - Sometimes I completely forget I've got them in and end up going to sleep wearing them.”

Ends Sometimes Choices Sleep Forget Comfortable Ears Going To Sleep Clip Earrings

Author:Jennifer Garner

“I don't know anyone who was never a geek, really, when they look at their own lives. I think that from the outside looking in, you think that you weren't necessarily a tragic geek, but yes, you did lean in that direction.”

Thinking Knows Looks Tragic Geek Outside Looking In

Author:Jennifer Garner

“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.”

Mean Two Together Hair Lonely Actresses Chairs Two Of Us Lonely Women

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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.”

People Thinking Mean Universe Actors Felt Watches Hollywood West Islands Virginia West Virginia

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“I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in her way. I look a lot like her, so I just had to do the opposite. Not that I got bad grades, but I was all about performance and just finding any way that I could to be involved in any kind of production.”

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“I remember, my mom didn't have any help, so if she needed to be somewhere after school, we'd just go down to the neighbors' and she'd give us a snack and make sure we did our homework. There weren't any latchkey kids.”

Ifs Giving Helping Kids School Remember Mom Needed My Mom Neighbor Homework Snacks After School

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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.”

People Way Kind Littles Made Rooms Poverty Grew Mom Dad Grew Up My Dad My Mom Nine Dust Bowls Oklahoma

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“My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little.”

Littles Made Said Sometimes Done Jobs Used Wish Felt One Thing Mom My Mom Nuts Outlets Single Mindedness

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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.”

Thinking Kind Moving Mother Passion Father Acting New York Adventure Actresses Expected My Passion Mother And Father

Author:Jennifer Garner

“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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Author:Jennifer Garner

About the Author

Born: April 17, 1972
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 90

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