“In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.”
Cool
“There's an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win.”
HomeAll Quotes by Jennifer Garner
“It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.”
Mom“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.”
Freedom“There's an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win.”
Home“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.”
Education“We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.”
Education“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.”
Food“The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.”
Marriage“Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad, what more do you need?”
Beauty“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.”
Home“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.”
Beauty“I wasn't a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted.”
Freedom“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.”
Home“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.”
Success“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.”
Marriage“I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage.”
Marriage“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.”
Movies“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.”
Mom“And now, I still really don't care that much but now I have music playing all the time at home, which is a first for me. Whatever. Everything from Ani DiFranco to Dave Matthews to Jack Johnson and Norah Jones.”
Home“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.”
Wedding