Sometimes you have to explore the darkness to get to the light and get back to who you are. Jennifer Lopez More Quotes by Jennifer Lopez More Quotes From Jennifer Lopez In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.' Jennifer Lopez friend-love oscars hollywood I always love when everybody else is really bringing their game, because it's only going to make the movie better; it just makes you work harder and they work harder and everybody is trying to get their little bit in. It's competitive in a constructive way. Jennifer Lopez hard-work games trying Love scenes are always weird, though. They're always uncomfortable. It's all the people around who make it uncomfortable. It's not usually the actor you're working with, because they usually feel just as weird as you do! Jennifer Lopez feels-just actors people I'm not stupid. I would like to have some businesses that grow so I won't have to be out there on the road when I'm 44. Jennifer Lopez not-stupid grows stupid Where you really have your eggs in one basket and that breach happens and you know you should go but you're still in love and you just don't know what to do. It hits you because it's not like -- you're a cheater, and a liar, and I hate you, and you're no good, and I'm leaving. It's not that. It's like, I'm tormented. Even though you've done this and I know it, I still don't know what to do. I know I should go, but I don't want to. And that's why it's such a f***ed-up thing. Jennifer Lopez cheater hate liars By nature I am not tough, believe it or not. Jennifer Lopez tough believe Men really disgust me if they don't have a nice smile, nice lips and nice teeth...They have too many disgusting habits - like scratching themselves all the time. And it's really weird how guys think that passing gas is the funniest thing in the world. They love to do that thing in front of girls and laugh about it. Jennifer Lopez nice girl men I was into sports and dancing. I ran track. I have a lot of stamina. Jennifer Lopez track dancing sports It's a real roller-coaster ride if you're lucky to have longevity in this business - you have to be able to ride those waves. Jennifer Lopez able lucky real I don't look at people and see color and race. I see inside. Jennifer Lopez color race people When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and it's so easy to lose yourself for a second. Jennifer Lopez anxiety hard-work doubt I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy in my life. Jennifer Lopez fantasy certain I always knew I wanted to be a performer, and my mother started taking me to dance classes when I was five. My mother is a teacher, my father works at an insurance company. When I said I wanted to be a performer, people went, "Yeah, right." You don't do that where I come from. Jennifer Lopez mother teacher father I really love doing nothing. I really love just being at home and taking a couple of days, you know, doing nothing. You know what I mean? Just getting up, being around the house, going outside the back yard, coming back in; I really like to do nothing because I travel a lot. There's a lot of travelling. There's a lot of on the phone all the time. There's a lot of looking at papers and reading things and so you don't want to read magazines and you don't want to do anything; you don't want to read books, you just want to just kind of shut down a little bit. Jennifer Lopez couple reading book Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life, and you don't want to face what's wrong or right. Ain't it strange how fate can play a part, in the story of your heart. Jennifer Lopez fate heart philosophy I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music. Jennifer Lopez tacky want thinking I just never really gave myself any credit. And because of that, nobody else did either. You mirror what the world mirrors to you. Jennifer Lopez credit mirrors world The weirdest thing about me is that I like to walk around naked. Jennifer Lopez naked walks This film [the Cell] certainly is not meant for the girls who sing along with my songs. Jennifer Lopez cells girl song Getting to play the part of Selena was life-changing for me, i got to immerse myself in her life, got to know her family, her home, her culture ... every part of her story. It was a special time in my life both professionally and personally. Playing her not only opened doors for me in the film world, but it inspired me to start my own music career. In a lot of ways, I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't had that experience. Jennifer Lopez music home life