I think that it’s not as crazily different, my job, from anyone else’s, as people let themselves believe. I think people get wrapped up in their own idea of what it is, but it’s really not that. Jennifer Garner More Quotes by Jennifer Garner More Quotes From 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. Jennifer Garner volunteer taken responsibility No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful. Jennifer Garner grateful parent matter I'm still conflict-averse. I don't like to argue. Jennifer Garner conflict stills arguing I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked. Jennifer Garner baseball games thinking I'm here to tell you I do [have a baby bump]. I am not pregnant, but I have had three kids and there is a bump. Jennifer Garner three baby kids 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. Jennifer Garner growing-up brother home You know how as a kid you picture yourself with a tall, handsome husband, and you imagine him cuddling your baby? Ben is like that, like, on crack. Jennifer Garner husband baby kids My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy. Jennifer Garner girlfriend two school You can do a lot with Scotch tape. Almost anything! I love that you can hem a dress, and its an instant remedy in a fashion crises. Jennifer Garner scotch fashion dresses 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. Jennifer Garner broadway play television I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming. Jennifer Garner marry-me someday yards I wasn't a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted. Jennifer Garner tiny wanted I have this internal battle between, 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. Jennifer Garner home baby kids Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know? Jennifer Garner planes growing-up television I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in her way. I look a lot like her, so I just had to do the opposite. Not that I got bad grades, but I was all about performance and just finding any way that I could to be involved in any kind of production. Jennifer Garner opposites looks way I don't know anyone who was never a geek, really, when they look at their own lives. I think that from the outside looking in, you think that you weren't necessarily a tragic geek, but yes, you did lean in that direction. Jennifer Garner geek looks thinking I've found out that I cannot pass up pizza without having some. I just can't! my kids have a lot of pizza. I can't go to a kid's birthday party without having a slice. Jennifer Garner party birthday kids 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. Jennifer Garner mom kids school I mean, any time an actress gets to work with another actress, it’s like, “Oh, there are two of us in a movie! How are you? Let’s sit in the hair chair together!” We’re lonely, women. Jennifer Garner lonely hair mean 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. Jennifer Garner growing-up parent way
