Top 60 Jessica Alba Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.”

— Jessica Alba

2. “You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.”

— Jessica Alba

3. “My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything – even if you have no clue what you’re doing.”

— Jessica Alba

4. “Your husband or your wife is the only person you can really choose to be your family and to have unconditional love with them.”

— Jessica Alba

5. “Honor has to say “please” and “thank you.” Manners are really important.”

— Jessica Alba

6. “Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best.”

— Jessica Alba

7. “Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.”

— Jessica Alba

8. “Find your passion and do it totally. The more life experience you get, the better you’ll be at whatever you want to do.”

— Jessica Alba

9. “The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.”

— Jessica Alba

10. “I share the same advice that my mom gave me – stay hydrated and sleep well. And that being a beautiful person on the inside is what really matters.”

— Jessica Alba

11. “I think that people who don’t like animals tend to be selfish, but I’m biased.”

— Jessica Alba

12. “Nanotechnology is really interesting to me. Stuff to sort of make our world a better place, and a cleaner place, through science. And it also explains things that are happening. I’ve always been into it.”

— Jessica Alba

13. “I’m much more of a risk taker. I’m more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don’t. I probably should.”

— Jessica Alba

14. “I love acting because it’s this space where dreams can be realized, fantasy comes to life, and there are no limitations on what’s possible.”

— Jessica Alba

15. “If I didn’t get a job, between 16 and 18, that wasn’t significant, I was just going to go to college. I didn’t want to be a struggling actor at 36 with five kids, doing something I hated. You see the story so much. It’s such a vicious business to be in when you’re not meant to be in it.”

— Jessica Alba

16. “For me, makeup is about being your best self. If I wake up in a foul mood and have to deal with temper tantrums and an exploding diaper – I know taking 10 minutes to get my game face on will reset my stress levels. It’s a chance to check in and remind myself – you got this.”

— Jessica Alba

17. “Way too high maintenance to be in a relationship with an actor. I don’t need a man who spends as much time in front of the mirror as me.”

— Jessica Alba

18. “Guys are stimulated easily. They are easy to manipulate. All you have to do is wear a sexy outfit.”

— Jessica Alba

19. “When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.”

— Jessica Alba

20. “All moms need confidants who are in their shoes and can relate to what they’re going through. You need a night out together to be who you are, and not feel like you have to be the career woman, wife and mommy – all at once. After all, we’re not superwomen.”

— Jessica Alba

21. “A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.”

— Jessica Alba

22. “I don’t put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.”

— Jessica Alba

23. “My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home.”

— Jessica Alba

24. “I don’t hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I’m not out trying to make friends with people because they’re famous.”

— Jessica Alba

25. “It feels like I’m starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.”

— Jessica Alba

26. “I’m all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.”

— Jessica Alba

27. “The time I’m not spending with my kid has to be worth it.”

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28. “Good actors never use the script unless it’s amazing writing. All the good actors I’ve worked with, they all say whatever they want to say.”

— Jessica Alba

29. “When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.”

— Jessica Alba

30. “I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.”

— Jessica Alba

31. “There’s no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there’d be no challenge. Also, you’d feel inferior.”

— Jessica Alba

32. “I loved my baby dolls when I was a kid. I used to pray with them and say good night to each and every one of them because I didn’t want their feelings to get hurt. I remember having that connection with my baby dolls.”

— Jessica Alba

33. “Mike Adams, you are simply the sexiest man alive. You have my vote in .”

— Jessica Alba

34. “Makeup can be pure fantasy – it can transform you into any kind of magical creature, whether that’s a superhero or a retro Hollywood icon or just a more fun, fresher version of yourself. Looking like a stress-free, well-rested working mom? That’s some kind of magic to me.”

— Jessica Alba

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35. “I don’t need to be famous. I’m not that ambitious. At this point, if I’m not sucked in, I’m never going to get sucked in. Being the so-called hot girl, I disconnect from that. It’s not that deep.”

— Jessica Alba

36. “I’ve got cousins galore, Mexicans just spread all their seeds and the women just pop them out.”

— Jessica Alba

37. “As a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.”

— Jessica Alba

38. “I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.”

— Jessica Alba

39. “No one gives Cameron Diaz a hard time for not speaking Spanish.”

— Jessica Alba

40. “I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.”

— Jessica Alba

41. “I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It’s nice to do that.”

— Jessica Alba

42. “I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant for babies. I would have to go to 50 different places just to get my house and my kid clean.”

— Jessica Alba

43. “Parents try the best they can. They want the best for you. But a lot of their stuff is just their own. If you can pull yourself away from it and not always feel like they’re attacking you, then it’s easier to deal with.”

— Jessica Alba

44. “As a kid, I was always sick. I had pneumonia, I had really severe allergies. And it wasn’t until I got older, that I realized some of that was caused by toxins in things like detergent. That made me crazy, because it’s supposed to help get things clean!”

— Jessica Alba

45. “Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that you’ve done or didn’t do in your relationship – and it’s just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap.”

— Jessica Alba

46. “I’m really good at being sarcastic with guys. That’s the best way to hang out with them, because that’s what guys. They don’t want the quiet, prissy little things.”

— Jessica Alba

47. “The films I do always have a happy ending. I hope it reflects back to real life.”

— Jessica Alba

48. “After a bath, I like to use Jo Wood Organics Usiku Body Oil. It mositurises my skin without leaving it greasy.”

— Jessica Alba

49. “I always try to do something for my husband that’s completely selfless, and something that I hope will rock his world in some form or fashion.”

— Jessica Alba

50. “I’m not incredibly self-conscious. I don’t really feel like I walk around making fashion or my appearance the most important thing in the world. It’s certainly not the way that I live my life. I’m not really sure how the magazines perceive me because I don’t read them.”

— Jessica Alba