I feel like confidence is something that ebbs and flows. I was given a lot of love and attention from my family growing up, so for sure I had a natural confidence.

Milla Jovovich

Categorized in : Attention Growing Up Ebb And Flow

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

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I thought that being popular in school was just so pathetic. I knew I had a future over and beyond the horizon of that school.

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I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

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There are many times where even I, at certain points in the evening, after a few drinks, can't pronounce my own surname.

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There is all this controversy that women and girls are too skinny or too overweight. I say to just do martial arts and everything will be okay. You will tone up your body and find a confidence you can't find just sitting around watching TV and hanging out with friends.

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I feel that it’s helped us so much to stay connected as a family, because we share sleep at night, our daughter naturally feels very connected to us and that, in turn, makes her want to please us!

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[Ever] was never a ‘good’ sleeper, so every two or three hours I was waking up to feed her and calm her. I never wanted to let her signals go unanswered and letting her cry it out was not the way I wanted to raise my child, not that I judge other methods of mothering, I just knew that it wouldn’t make me happy to allow her to be separated from us at night and cry for hours on end. And I always say, whatever you need to do to be a happy mother is the best for baby.

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Modelling killed me. by Milla Jovovich

Modelling killed me.

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Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them.

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From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.

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I think that's one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who can't help themselves.

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Why have a model on the front of your magazine when you can have Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Hilary Swank? Because those girls are intelligent and talented, people are interested.

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From childhood my mother had me examining Robert Mapplethorpe's style and Egon Schiele's framing - that's what modelling is about.

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My poor mum had a lot of problems with me around that time. I was young but I'd been working for years, so if she asked me to clean my room I'd say, 'You can't tell me what to do after I've worked a 12-hour day.' It gave me a power that no one that age should have.

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I really only have a few friends. by Milla Jovovich

I really only have a few friends.

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I want the kids to understand, this does not happen, this is really unusual. And I ’m always telling them, ‘ The work is the reward ! ’ Because when I was that age, it was so hard to enjoy the fruits of my labor.