Jennifer Garner Quotes

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.

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?

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.

I Would Roll Up Pennies To Take The Subway To Work In Times Square. I Was Broke, But I Was Happy.

My Mom Grew Up In Poverty In Oklahoma - Like Dust Bowl, Nine People In One Room Kind Of Place - And The Way She Got Out Of Poverty Was Through Education. My Dad Grew Up Without A Dad, With Very Little And He Also Made His Way Out Through Education.

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.

I Think That Baseball Games Are Like Soap Operas. If You Watch Five In A Row, You Know Enough To Get Hooked.

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.

Going After 'the Bad Guy' Has Not Been A Real Issue For Me.

I Am Usually Part Of Any Disaster At A Wedding If I'm A Bridesmaid, Which I've Been Lucky Enough To Be Several Times.

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.

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.