Jessica Alba Quotes

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.

I'm not concerned with what people think of me.

People care about my fame, not me. But that's fine. I have my own life.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

I try not to invest time in what other people think of me.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

I don't really know and I don't care what I'm worth.

I'd change nothing in my career path. I was never built for being a handsome teenage star. That's just not in my psyche, I think. I would have hated to have grown up famous.

More people know who I am, but I don't feel any different within myself - I think that's the main thing.

I've given up trying to understand what people think about me.

By worrying as little as possible about fame.

Decide whether you want to be liked or admired.

I always wanted to be famous because I thought that if I couldn't be good [at something], I'd be famous. I was never really good. I was just something different and I got to be famous for being different.

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.

What other people think about me is not my business.

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.

What people think of me and my playing is up to them, not me.

I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.