Jessica Alba talks motherhood, movies and being Hispanic
Posted on June 7th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Jessica Alba’s life has been a little bit crazy lately. She has a potentially big movie with Mike Myers, “The Love Guru.” about to hit theaters but that’s nothing new. Alba, 27 is newly married, and faces the impending birth of her first child. Even before they married on May 19, the actress and her husband, film producer Cash Warren, 29, had settled into a $4 million Beverly Hills home with their three dogs. Alba says:
“It’s a lot of stress to buy a house, have a baby and get married in six months. It’s a lot of life-changing decisions. I’m really, really secure and happy in my relationship.”
In “The Love Guru,” Alba plays the levelheaded love object, the foil for Myers’ manic mystic:
“I’m kind of the straight woman throughout. I am a huge fan of Mike and his work. He is a freakin’ comic genius. My character inherits this hockey team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. They haven’t won a game, and the city of Toronto basically blames her and her family. She thinks you have to heal from within, and she believes in Eastern philosophies. One of the books she reads is the Love Guru’s. In “The Love Guru.”
What about Alba’s own spiritual side?
I grew up in a Catholic home and then I went into a more Eastern approach on my own. I think there’s something to be said for herbs and meditation and things like that.
Her least favorite movie role?
There are quite a few.I feel like more than anything, I’m at the beginning of my career. I’m hoping to hit my groove when I’m in my 30s and 40s.
Any outrageous offers for first baby photos?
I haven’t really gotten any — notthat I’m aware of. You have to understand, everything that is written is kind of bull …
Does she plan to nurse?
Yeah, I’m definitely going to try to do everything to give the baby as much nourishment as possible.
About criticism for disrespecting her Hispanic heritage. On a census, what would you check?
I always check white and Hispanic.
About her comments that she can’t wait to meet your brown baby:
I mean my dad is dark-skinned [Mexican], Cash’s daddy is dark-skinned [African-American], and our moms are both white. So there’s a 50-50 chance of our kid coming out dark or light. It would be nice if the daddies can see themselves in our baby.
Dows she think, especially after this presidential election, that we won’t be so obsessed with skin color as a nation?
I think my generation is the last generation that sees color. In this next generation coming up, everybody is mixed. And I think with people like Jennifer Lopez and Halle Berry being out there opening movies and having clothing lines and pushing the idea of ideal beauty, [the ideal isn’t] Christie Brinkley anymore. You don’t have to look like Barbie.
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