I've played more villains than anything else. And I love playing villains, because I can just be evil and do whatever I want. Jennifer Lopez More Quotes by Jennifer Lopez More Quotes From Jennifer Lopez Even as an actor, when you have a kissing scene it's still weird. Jennifer Lopez kissing actors scene If you ask me, I'd like to become the first female president. That would be really cool. The first thing I would do is redecorate the White House, it doesn't look very cozy. Jennifer Lopez humor white funny I love improv-ing, you know, from very early on when I started acting the school that I went to and everything was very big on ad-libbing and improv-ing and messing things up, so I feel very comfortable doing stuff like that. Jennifer Lopez acting stuff school I know it's hard for women to tap into that feeling of self-worth. We need to get the message out that you are valued, you are a goddess and don't forget that. Jennifer Lopez empowering self-worth feelings I know that there is a force in the world and an energy that you can put out, and when you put out love it comes back to you. I think that's my basic philosophy. Jennifer Lopez energy philosophy thinking The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go. Jennifer Lopez struggle bears letting-go When I see Puff in a video kissing someone, it's freaky and I know it's freaky for him to see me do a movie love scene, but as far as him forbidding me to do them, that's bull. Jennifer Lopez video kissing movie-love The media - they want to rush everything. They want to give their seedy opinions without knowing all the facts. Jennifer Lopez media knowing giving When I face myself, I go, "You have a fear of really being on your own. So you know what? That's what we're gonna do right now. Jennifer Lopez right-now knows faces In the past, love for me has always meant forever, and sure, you still nurse some of those fantasies, but I don't try to force it anymore. I hung on to my fairy-tale ideals for a long time. But where I am now, what I've been through, there are no rules. There are lots of ways it can turn out. Jennifer Lopez nurse past years It was easy to blame other people for treating me in ways I didn't like, but now I was seeing that I was the one at fault. The only way you can be mistreated is by allowing yourself to be mistreated, and that was something I did over and over again. Somehow, I needed to find that glimmer of self-respect, buried deep inside, that would allow me to say: I am never going to let that happen to me again. I needed to learn how to stand up for myself in a different way, but I didn't know how. Jennifer Lopez self people way My philosophy on life is that we're here to love and to learn. And I've learned a lot, so I can't say "I wish this didn't happen or I didn't make that movie." And I take responsibility for being open [about relationships] in the past. I have to, and now I'm doing what I can to make it different. Jennifer Lopez responsibility philosophy past All the old clichés about women need to be undone. Enough already. We're in the other position now. We are desirable older, we can date younger guys and it's not this big taboo. Men have been doing this for years. Jennifer Lopez enough-already men years When I was in my 20s I wasn't sure of myself. Now I can really stretch. I don't have to stay in the box. At this point I can say to myself, So what if I fall, so what? I'm going to get back up. Jennifer Lopez boxes what-if fall We as human beings do this thing where we stuff down our feelings until they find a way to manifest themselves. We try to avoid them until there's no more room and they come bubbling up like a pot of boiling-hot water that overflows. And when it does, it burns. Jennifer Lopez feelings trying water I feel like, when we're kids, you're sold into this fairy tale of what love is. That Prince Charming's gonna come along and save you and you're gonna live happily ever after. They're gonna rescue me from the Bronx, and we're gonna go off and live in a castle somewhere and it's gonna be awesome. He's gonna love me forever, and I'm gonna love him forever, and it's gonna be real easy. And it's so different than that. Jennifer Lopez real love-is kids I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy. At home, do I have the full hair and makeup? No. But I might have the nice dress on. Jennifer Lopez makeup nice home I'm not going to make a judgment on plastic surgery because I don't have to yet. I mean, I'd like to think I'll feel great about myself and age gracefully, but then I think, Well, what if I do want a little bit of something? I'm open to being open. Jennifer Lopez what-if mean thinking I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love. Jennifer Lopez hopeless passionate romantic I like to cook Puerto Rican food. That's what I grew up on: rice, beans, meat, some Italian-American food. I know my way around the kitchen. Jennifer Lopez kitchen italian meat
