I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers. 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
