Ben is super busy and I'm super happy for him, i chose to stay home this year and just said, 'Go for it babe. Do it all. Do ‘Gone Girl,’ do ‘Batman,’ do ‘The Accountant.’ Do everything.' I want that for him and I'm happy for him. And he says the same to me. Except that he's really busy. But he understands that when I really have to do it, we figure it out.

Jennifer Garner

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.

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I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.

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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.

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I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls who wear skinny jeans throughout their pregnancies. But I just gain weight.

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I just try work out at least twice a week if I can.

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I love being physical and acting at the same time.

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I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much.

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I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.

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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.

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

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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.

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You stick to the script, the script is Bible.

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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.

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