3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner I wasn’t a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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?
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Garner 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.
