Jennifer Lopez Quotes
Jennifer Lopez Quotes
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.
It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.
Can you piss off a Puerto Rican and live to tell about it?
I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.
It's hard for them (partners) to live in my shadow, knowing that they will never make the money I do.
I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this business, so you better toughen up!' And I did.
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.
It used to bother me being portrayed as this bitchy person, but now I feel that the public understands me better than some writer. There are people who know who I really am, and that's good enough for me.
People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain, ... When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.
If you love someone, don’t wait till tomorrow to tell him/her. Maybe that next day will never come at all.
The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.
You can't take life for granted.
I try to block this stuff out a little bit 'cause it's the only way to kind of live.
My manager says, 'Are you sure? You should test-drive it and see how it feels.' I know how it will feel. It will feel like I just wasted $80,000.
At the beginning, when I first started doing music and movies, I had this attitude that I didn't have to be like anyone else.
Nobody writes books about how to deal with it or anything like that. Maybe I'll do that next. No. I'll make no money, it's not worth it.
I see this opportunity as a way to connect to the Spanish-speaking audience in a different and more profound way than I've been able to do in the past. I want to tell the stories of Latinos who grow up here and live the American Dream.
Nail Polish. (upon being asked what she got on her SAT's)
When I'm not prepared, which is almost never. - when asked if she ever feels insecure
I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. Were loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life.
I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.
If you focus on the money, you're not going to get anywhere. You can want to be successful, but at the end of the day, if money is your motivation, if that's how shallow your outlook is on life, then you're going to be such an empty person. Because there's nothing driving you from the inside -- there's no passion...
My mom always told me that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. And it's true. It's one of the truest things ever.
I think crossroads come at many times during your life. Up to this point, I've had several. You get to a certain point in your life and you're like, Am I supposed to be doing this? And it's usually in the face of some failure - something that didn't work out the way you wanted it to. And you're faced with a decision: Do I keep trying to do this or do I give up?
I didn't expect it to happen like this, wrapping one film and flying out to do a new one the next day. But I'm fresh enough and ambitious enough to stay up all night for the sake of a job. I'm not gonna take it easy. I want to do so much more when I'm getting these great opportunities.
I throw myself into love because I believe in it, but when things don't work you have to take responsibility. You all know things have gone wrong for me. Everybody has laughed, everybody has had a knock at me. It hurts, it always does. There have been times when I didn't want to be me any more. From the outside looking in, it may have appeared that it was a glamorous exciting life, but I would have swapped places with anybody. It really did start to get to me and the easy thing to do would be to walk away.
The more the circus builds up around you, the more you start to lose all those intentions that get you there in the first place. I was always about being a good performer and working hard, doing movies, making music, but that started to get lost in all that crazy stuff.
I know what it's like to be somebody who is working nine to five and getting on a train every day and who wants more.
I’ve always had great respect for fashion icons and their impact on society. I’m working to fulfill my vision of creating a brand that incorporates every aspect of my life. I am in the fashion business to create a brand that will have an effect on the women’s marketplace.
Of course I had dreams, every little girl has them, but I never thought it would happen. It was a pretty long way and it wasn’t always easy.
I started dancing when I was 5 years of age. At 17, I wanted to have a career as a dancer and my parents were furious. We had a big fight and I moved out. It was strange; in a way they were always so encouraging and helpful when it came to my artistic abilities, but when I wanted to be a dancer, they freaked; that was too much for them. Of course, now they think differently about it! I think when I saw Rita Moreno in West Side Story my fate was sealed. I knew I wanted to be a dancer. I knew I needed to be a dancer. She’s a Latina and she sang and danced. I was mesmerized.
I don’t drink, never, and I don’t smoke and don’t do drugs.
I’m still the same person I was before. I realized it after my first big movie. I sat down and thought, What’s going to happen now? How will I react? And I decided I’m the same girl I was before. I like myself and want to stay the way I am. Just because I’m an actress and I work in the music business doesn’t change who I am. My workplaces might be different, but I’m not too different from other people.
Even though it's hard work, this is it. It doesn't get any better than this.
It's hard when you have a lot of things going on to kind of get the clear space that you need sometimes to let inspiration come or creativity happen. It's a difficult task, but I've learned because I do many different things, that there is time for everything, and the most important thing for me has always been acting and my music. That's my first priority, so when I get ready, like now I'm getting ready to do a movie in Mexico called Border Town so already you just start kind of clearing out space to have time to just be by yourself, to go over things. You know what I mean? You have to really mark out the time, I guess, is the answer to that question, because you can get very bogged down with the everyday things that come up in all of those different ventures that I'm involved with.
I think when people see you doing a lot of different things, it's like oh gosh she's so ambitious, she wants to do so many things, but it's not that, it's just kind of who I am. I'm a creative person, I like doing a lot of different things, and I'm also a very passionate person, [but] it's hard to describe yourself [and] why you do what you do. I don't know, I just do and I like doing it, and I don't know why I'm so driven in that sense; I think it has a little bit to do with passion, a little bit to do with creativity, with the way you're born, what or how you enjoy spending your time, you know, and I really enjoy doing the work that I do and I'm lucky enough to be able to do it so I do.
You know what? I do nothing. I really love doing nothing. I really love just being at home and taking a couple of days, you know, doing nothing. You know what I mean? Just getting up, being around the house, going outside the back yard, coming back in; I really like to do nothing because I travel a lot. There's a lot of travelling. There's a lot of on the phone all the time. There's a lot of looking at papers and reading things and so you don't want to read magazines and you don't want to do anything; you don't want to read books, you just want to just kind of shut down a little bit.
I think my mom was very integral in that part of my life because she just kind of made us believe that we could do anything. She always was very big on us being independent, not having to depend on any man, not having to depend on anybody, just being able to kind of survive on your own no matter what. And one of the things that went along with that was working hard - always working hard. And they were great examples. My dad worked nights most of my life. My mom worked at the school and had a Tupperware job; that was how our upbringing was, so work was always a very big part of my life and also, she really made us believe that we could do anything. You know, we could be the President of the United States if we wanted to, if we worked hard enough- a Puerto Rican girl from New York- and it seems so far-fetched, but when people make you believe that, you do. You're less afraid to try things, anyway.
You know I always felt like as an actress my job was to do good work and I've been able to keep doing that, improving myself in my movies. You don't have control over this type of thing; you try to pick the best material you can that you can get your hands on- it's a very competitive business- and then you do your best in that movie and you hope for the best. I've done about 20 movies now and I don't know an actor's career where every move they do is great. It's like you have one and then you have five and then you have one and then you have ten, if you're lucky enough to be around doing it that long! I just feel fortunate to still be doing it, that my work has been something that people still believe in, and I think so long as I keep challenging myself and doing good work and doing the best that I can in that movie, then I think I'll be okay. So hopefully I'll have some great classics along the way and be able to make that one movie that everybody will remember. Who knows? We'll see. It's very early in my career.
One of the fun things about acting is you get to build the character from the ground up and always the wardrobe and the hair and the make-up is very important for the look, because once you slip into that, it really makes you feel that you're walking in the shoes of somebody else. You start walking different and it's the same thing if you put on a pair of heels and a sexy dress; the way you walk is very different than if you have your sneakers on and your jeans. It's the same premise as when you're working with a character, you wear a different type of shirt, or go with different whimsy for this character, and I wanted her to have like a little weird whimsy-ness to her clothing like long dresses with jeans underneath, or whatever it was, to kind of show that she did things just a little different.
I think the biggest sacrifice you make when you're in this business is your life, the rest of your life in general. I don't know how to explain that except that maybe it's something you do understand because you travel with your work, you sacrifice relationships, you sacrifice seeing your family as much as you'd like to, you sacrifice weekends, you sacrifice having kind of the normal pleasures that everybody else takes for granted. You give that up and it doesn't matter to you when you're in your twenties- you kind of just go, 'okay,' and then all of a sudden you're like, 'I missed out on a lot!' But it is what it is. I have a lot to be thankful for, too.
I've always felt pretty good about my career and the choices I have made and how I've challenge myself to do things that are difficult at times, but I think the biggest challenge I've faced over the past few years is keeping the image away from the artist. You know what I mean? Separating the work from the actual person. I used to think it was so much more sexy back in the day when it wasn't so much about people's personal lives as it was about the work that they do. It was controlled - I hate to say that in front of the press - but it was more controlled by the studio system. There was a mystery to our stars back then. That's' why we can look at them still. Yeah, we find things out about them eventually - Elvis Presley was really this - but it's OK because we had the illusion for a while. When you watch their movies there is so much more impact because you didn't know who they were dating or if they were married or if they were walking around barefoot acting stupid. It doesn't matter to the work, but it does now. And that's been the biggest challenge for me.
I think where I've had the most growth is in my music career, from when I first started to where I am now with these two new albums I'm just finishing - and English language one and a Spanish language one that I'm so excited about.
I've always been open to whatever comes my way that's good. It doesn't matter if it's a small role or a big role as longs as it's a good role and is something that I will actually enjoy doing. In terms of avoiding the limelight, I'm just trying to get the focus back on what I do, what I do as an artist and not what I do when I'm at home. I've always had this kind of attitude - maybe it's the Bronx in me or whatever - where I've always been out there. I'm very open. I'm a free spirit by nature so I didn't think about what I was doing. But this business has changed me. I didn't want it to but it changed me. It made me a much more reclusive, private person. As you get older - and I've been in the business over 15 years now - and as you experience and go through different things you realize you have to set boundaries. You have to for your life. You have to say this is OK and this is not OK. This is what I do for a living and this is my life. It's the only one I get and so I have to set boundaries. That's the approach I'm trying to take now, to get the focus back on what I do. I'm a singer. I'm an actress. I'm a dancer. That's what I do.
It definitely reached a fever pitch. Absolutely. But I don't have to tell you guys that. I felt like there was a time there - and not just last year but building up - where it was out of control. What was this thing, this thing that had become me? I didn't like it. I always dealt well with it but it came to a point where, you know what? I'm at a different point in my life right now. I'm a little but older and I like to think a little bit wiser and more mature and I like to think I've learned from those experiences. And that's where I'm at. I think that's going to be reflected in the choices that I make.
I think of all the things I do it's the one where I am most confident and I can let go the most. I have to really think when I'm acting or learn the part so well that I don't have to think, but I have to put a lot of work into it. The same goes for music. I always have to work hard to find a way to disconnect from the thinking until it becomes second nature to me because that's where you find the best moments. Dancing is like that for me all the time. It makes me feel free.
I'm grateful for everything I have. I'm grateful for it all. I'm grateful for love most of all because I have a lot of it in my life.
I just want to keep growing and see what I'm capable of. Just because you've done a lot of movies or made a few albums doesn't mean you've conquered it. And that's the fun part of it.
That's the good thing about having a family that does not give a hoot about anything to do with fame. Hey will keep you in line. As for my most humbling experience I can't think of any one thing. Maybe it hasn't happened to me yet professionally. I've been lucky enough that I can keep creating opportunities for myself right now. Even when I go back to "Gigli" it's about doing your best. People will see that. You have to keep the focus on the work. It's not about what it did at the box office or if people consider it a great movie or not. It's not about anything else but doing your best.
I had a lot of dreams, a lot of things I wanted to do from the time I was real young, a real little girl and I just went after that. I just never lost faith, you know what I mean? You run into a lot of rejection in this business. But I maintained faith in myself and what I wanted to do.
I hope that what I do through my work--I put my heart and soul into everything I do, and I do it for the fans and I put it out there for them and I don't really worry about what anybody else says. I just do my thing and hope people enjoy it.
I have never been afraid of hard work and hopefully none of you guys are and you'll be able to fulfill all of your dreams, too, just like I've been able to. It can be done. One person can make a difference.
I think being from the Bronx and having the upbringing I had, not growing up around the business, around Hollywood or around the music business was a great advantage to me because I know what it is to get up and get on a train and to work hard. I don't let me. head get in the clouds or get things twisted or get all big-headed or anything. I just work hard and I'm grateful for everything I have. I just don't let my head get crazy, and I think that's because of where I'm from.
I'm not the type of person who feels you only have to do one thing or choose between stuff that you love doing or things. You know what I mean? Whatever you want to do, do it!
What was great about working with Jane was that I kind of got a glimpse into what that was, so everyday on the set it was about how do we push this scene. She would come very prepared. We'd get there, we'd talk about what we were going to do and she'd have what was on the page and what that was and what we were going to do, and then like the craziest thing she could think of. We would run the gamut of trying all these different things and it was a lot of fun, you know, just kind of thinking about how it was just about the work everyday and making each scene as great as we could with what we had to work with.
I always love when everybody else is really bringing their game, because it's only going to make the movie better. It just makes you work harder and they work harder and everybody is trying to get their little bit in. It's competitive in a constructive way. All of us got along really well and I know you guys hear that all the time, it's so boring, but it's true – we did. Jane and I really had a great respect for one another and we really got to like each other and know each other.
I decided to call it "Rebirth" because I had taken a vacation for the first time in a long time. I'm a bit of a workaholic and when I came back it felt I was in a different phase of my career as well as in my life. The title represents a new beginning.
I go with my gut to choose material for films and music. It really all depends and I try and balance. It's not as calculated as people think. I try and let things flow from an artistic place.
Jennifer Lopez Quotes
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You laugh it off, you get upset for a little while, you're human and you let it go.
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.
It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.
Can you piss off a Puerto Rican and live to tell about it?
I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.
It's hard for them (partners) to live in my shadow, knowing that they will never make the money I do.
I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this business, so you better toughen up!' And I did.
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.
It used to bother me being portrayed as this bitchy person, but now I feel that the public understands me better than some writer. There are people who know who I really am, and that's good enough for me.
People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain, ... When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.
If you love someone, don’t wait till tomorrow to tell him/her. Maybe that next day will never come at all.
The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.
You can't take life for granted.
I try to block this stuff out a little bit 'cause it's the only way to kind of live.
My manager says, 'Are you sure? You should test-drive it and see how it feels.' I know how it will feel. It will feel like I just wasted $80,000.
At the beginning, when I first started doing music and movies, I had this attitude that I didn't have to be like anyone else.
Nobody writes books about how to deal with it or anything like that. Maybe I'll do that next. No. I'll make no money, it's not worth it.
I see this opportunity as a way to connect to the Spanish-speaking audience in a different and more profound way than I've been able to do in the past. I want to tell the stories of Latinos who grow up here and live the American Dream.
Nail Polish. (upon being asked what she got on her SAT's)
When I'm not prepared, which is almost never. - when asked if she ever feels insecure
I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. Were loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life.
I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.
If you focus on the money, you're not going to get anywhere. You can want to be successful, but at the end of the day, if money is your motivation, if that's how shallow your outlook is on life, then you're going to be such an empty person. Because there's nothing driving you from the inside -- there's no passion...
My mom always told me that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. And it's true. It's one of the truest things ever.
I think crossroads come at many times during your life. Up to this point, I've had several. You get to a certain point in your life and you're like, Am I supposed to be doing this? And it's usually in the face of some failure - something that didn't work out the way you wanted it to. And you're faced with a decision: Do I keep trying to do this or do I give up?
I didn't expect it to happen like this, wrapping one film and flying out to do a new one the next day. But I'm fresh enough and ambitious enough to stay up all night for the sake of a job. I'm not gonna take it easy. I want to do so much more when I'm getting these great opportunities.
I throw myself into love because I believe in it, but when things don't work you have to take responsibility. You all know things have gone wrong for me. Everybody has laughed, everybody has had a knock at me. It hurts, it always does. There have been times when I didn't want to be me any more. From the outside looking in, it may have appeared that it was a glamorous exciting life, but I would have swapped places with anybody. It really did start to get to me and the easy thing to do would be to walk away.
The more the circus builds up around you, the more you start to lose all those intentions that get you there in the first place. I was always about being a good performer and working hard, doing movies, making music, but that started to get lost in all that crazy stuff.
I know what it's like to be somebody who is working nine to five and getting on a train every day and who wants more.
I’ve always had great respect for fashion icons and their impact on society. I’m working to fulfill my vision of creating a brand that incorporates every aspect of my life. I am in the fashion business to create a brand that will have an effect on the women’s marketplace.
Of course I had dreams, every little girl has them, but I never thought it would happen. It was a pretty long way and it wasn’t always easy.
I started dancing when I was 5 years of age. At 17, I wanted to have a career as a dancer and my parents were furious. We had a big fight and I moved out. It was strange; in a way they were always so encouraging and helpful when it came to my artistic abilities, but when I wanted to be a dancer, they freaked; that was too much for them. Of course, now they think differently about it! I think when I saw Rita Moreno in West Side Story my fate was sealed. I knew I wanted to be a dancer. I knew I needed to be a dancer. She’s a Latina and she sang and danced. I was mesmerized.
I don’t drink, never, and I don’t smoke and don’t do drugs.
I’m still the same person I was before. I realized it after my first big movie. I sat down and thought, What’s going to happen now? How will I react? And I decided I’m the same girl I was before. I like myself and want to stay the way I am. Just because I’m an actress and I work in the music business doesn’t change who I am. My workplaces might be different, but I’m not too different from other people.
Even though it's hard work, this is it. It doesn't get any better than this.
It's hard when you have a lot of things going on to kind of get the clear space that you need sometimes to let inspiration come or creativity happen. It's a difficult task, but I've learned because I do many different things, that there is time for everything, and the most important thing for me has always been acting and my music. That's my first priority, so when I get ready, like now I'm getting ready to do a movie in Mexico called Border Town so already you just start kind of clearing out space to have time to just be by yourself, to go over things. You know what I mean? You have to really mark out the time, I guess, is the answer to that question, because you can get very bogged down with the everyday things that come up in all of those different ventures that I'm involved with.
I think when people see you doing a lot of different things, it's like oh gosh she's so ambitious, she wants to do so many things, but it's not that, it's just kind of who I am. I'm a creative person, I like doing a lot of different things, and I'm also a very passionate person, [but] it's hard to describe yourself [and] why you do what you do. I don't know, I just do and I like doing it, and I don't know why I'm so driven in that sense; I think it has a little bit to do with passion, a little bit to do with creativity, with the way you're born, what or how you enjoy spending your time, you know, and I really enjoy doing the work that I do and I'm lucky enough to be able to do it so I do.
You know what? I do nothing. I really love doing nothing. I really love just being at home and taking a couple of days, you know, doing nothing. You know what I mean? Just getting up, being around the house, going outside the back yard, coming back in; I really like to do nothing because I travel a lot. There's a lot of travelling. There's a lot of on the phone all the time. There's a lot of looking at papers and reading things and so you don't want to read magazines and you don't want to do anything; you don't want to read books, you just want to just kind of shut down a little bit.
I think my mom was very integral in that part of my life because she just kind of made us believe that we could do anything. She always was very big on us being independent, not having to depend on any man, not having to depend on anybody, just being able to kind of survive on your own no matter what. And one of the things that went along with that was working hard - always working hard. And they were great examples. My dad worked nights most of my life. My mom worked at the school and had a Tupperware job; that was how our upbringing was, so work was always a very big part of my life and also, she really made us believe that we could do anything. You know, we could be the President of the United States if we wanted to, if we worked hard enough- a Puerto Rican girl from New York- and it seems so far-fetched, but when people make you believe that, you do. You're less afraid to try things, anyway.
You know I always felt like as an actress my job was to do good work and I've been able to keep doing that, improving myself in my movies. You don't have control over this type of thing; you try to pick the best material you can that you can get your hands on- it's a very competitive business- and then you do your best in that movie and you hope for the best. I've done about 20 movies now and I don't know an actor's career where every move they do is great. It's like you have one and then you have five and then you have one and then you have ten, if you're lucky enough to be around doing it that long! I just feel fortunate to still be doing it, that my work has been something that people still believe in, and I think so long as I keep challenging myself and doing good work and doing the best that I can in that movie, then I think I'll be okay. So hopefully I'll have some great classics along the way and be able to make that one movie that everybody will remember. Who knows? We'll see. It's very early in my career.
One of the fun things about acting is you get to build the character from the ground up and always the wardrobe and the hair and the make-up is very important for the look, because once you slip into that, it really makes you feel that you're walking in the shoes of somebody else. You start walking different and it's the same thing if you put on a pair of heels and a sexy dress; the way you walk is very different than if you have your sneakers on and your jeans. It's the same premise as when you're working with a character, you wear a different type of shirt, or go with different whimsy for this character, and I wanted her to have like a little weird whimsy-ness to her clothing like long dresses with jeans underneath, or whatever it was, to kind of show that she did things just a little different.
I think the biggest sacrifice you make when you're in this business is your life, the rest of your life in general. I don't know how to explain that except that maybe it's something you do understand because you travel with your work, you sacrifice relationships, you sacrifice seeing your family as much as you'd like to, you sacrifice weekends, you sacrifice having kind of the normal pleasures that everybody else takes for granted. You give that up and it doesn't matter to you when you're in your twenties- you kind of just go, 'okay,' and then all of a sudden you're like, 'I missed out on a lot!' But it is what it is. I have a lot to be thankful for, too.
I've always felt pretty good about my career and the choices I have made and how I've challenge myself to do things that are difficult at times, but I think the biggest challenge I've faced over the past few years is keeping the image away from the artist. You know what I mean? Separating the work from the actual person. I used to think it was so much more sexy back in the day when it wasn't so much about people's personal lives as it was about the work that they do. It was controlled - I hate to say that in front of the press - but it was more controlled by the studio system. There was a mystery to our stars back then. That's' why we can look at them still. Yeah, we find things out about them eventually - Elvis Presley was really this - but it's OK because we had the illusion for a while. When you watch their movies there is so much more impact because you didn't know who they were dating or if they were married or if they were walking around barefoot acting stupid. It doesn't matter to the work, but it does now. And that's been the biggest challenge for me.
I think where I've had the most growth is in my music career, from when I first started to where I am now with these two new albums I'm just finishing - and English language one and a Spanish language one that I'm so excited about.
I've always been open to whatever comes my way that's good. It doesn't matter if it's a small role or a big role as longs as it's a good role and is something that I will actually enjoy doing. In terms of avoiding the limelight, I'm just trying to get the focus back on what I do, what I do as an artist and not what I do when I'm at home. I've always had this kind of attitude - maybe it's the Bronx in me or whatever - where I've always been out there. I'm very open. I'm a free spirit by nature so I didn't think about what I was doing. But this business has changed me. I didn't want it to but it changed me. It made me a much more reclusive, private person. As you get older - and I've been in the business over 15 years now - and as you experience and go through different things you realize you have to set boundaries. You have to for your life. You have to say this is OK and this is not OK. This is what I do for a living and this is my life. It's the only one I get and so I have to set boundaries. That's the approach I'm trying to take now, to get the focus back on what I do. I'm a singer. I'm an actress. I'm a dancer. That's what I do.
It definitely reached a fever pitch. Absolutely. But I don't have to tell you guys that. I felt like there was a time there - and not just last year but building up - where it was out of control. What was this thing, this thing that had become me? I didn't like it. I always dealt well with it but it came to a point where, you know what? I'm at a different point in my life right now. I'm a little but older and I like to think a little bit wiser and more mature and I like to think I've learned from those experiences. And that's where I'm at. I think that's going to be reflected in the choices that I make.
I think of all the things I do it's the one where I am most confident and I can let go the most. I have to really think when I'm acting or learn the part so well that I don't have to think, but I have to put a lot of work into it. The same goes for music. I always have to work hard to find a way to disconnect from the thinking until it becomes second nature to me because that's where you find the best moments. Dancing is like that for me all the time. It makes me feel free.
I'm grateful for everything I have. I'm grateful for it all. I'm grateful for love most of all because I have a lot of it in my life.
I just want to keep growing and see what I'm capable of. Just because you've done a lot of movies or made a few albums doesn't mean you've conquered it. And that's the fun part of it.
That's the good thing about having a family that does not give a hoot about anything to do with fame. Hey will keep you in line. As for my most humbling experience I can't think of any one thing. Maybe it hasn't happened to me yet professionally. I've been lucky enough that I can keep creating opportunities for myself right now. Even when I go back to "Gigli" it's about doing your best. People will see that. You have to keep the focus on the work. It's not about what it did at the box office or if people consider it a great movie or not. It's not about anything else but doing your best.
I had a lot of dreams, a lot of things I wanted to do from the time I was real young, a real little girl and I just went after that. I just never lost faith, you know what I mean? You run into a lot of rejection in this business. But I maintained faith in myself and what I wanted to do.
I hope that what I do through my work--I put my heart and soul into everything I do, and I do it for the fans and I put it out there for them and I don't really worry about what anybody else says. I just do my thing and hope people enjoy it.
I have never been afraid of hard work and hopefully none of you guys are and you'll be able to fulfill all of your dreams, too, just like I've been able to. It can be done. One person can make a difference.
I think being from the Bronx and having the upbringing I had, not growing up around the business, around Hollywood or around the music business was a great advantage to me because I know what it is to get up and get on a train and to work hard. I don't let me. head get in the clouds or get things twisted or get all big-headed or anything. I just work hard and I'm grateful for everything I have. I just don't let my head get crazy, and I think that's because of where I'm from.
I'm not the type of person who feels you only have to do one thing or choose between stuff that you love doing or things. You know what I mean? Whatever you want to do, do it!
What was great about working with Jane was that I kind of got a glimpse into what that was, so everyday on the set it was about how do we push this scene. She would come very prepared. We'd get there, we'd talk about what we were going to do and she'd have what was on the page and what that was and what we were going to do, and then like the craziest thing she could think of. We would run the gamut of trying all these different things and it was a lot of fun, you know, just kind of thinking about how it was just about the work everyday and making each scene as great as we could with what we had to work with.
I always love when everybody else is really bringing their game, because it's only going to make the movie better. It just makes you work harder and they work harder and everybody is trying to get their little bit in. It's competitive in a constructive way. All of us got along really well and I know you guys hear that all the time, it's so boring, but it's true – we did. Jane and I really had a great respect for one another and we really got to like each other and know each other.
I decided to call it "Rebirth" because I had taken a vacation for the first time in a long time. I'm a bit of a workaholic and when I came back it felt I was in a different phase of my career as well as in my life. The title represents a new beginning.
I go with my gut to choose material for films and music. It really all depends and I try and balance. It's not as calculated as people think. I try and let things flow from an artistic place.
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