“It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.” Jennifer Garner
“I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.” Jennifer Garner
“My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile.” Jennifer Garner
“I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do and I know every job comes with a downside.” Jennifer Garner
“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
“I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage.” Jennifer Garner
“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
“I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls who wear skinny jeans throughout their pregnancies. But I just gain weight.” Jennifer Garner
“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
“I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.” Jennifer Garner KnowledgeLifeWiseWorkHappySubwayTimes SquareBroke
“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
“I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.” Jennifer Garner
“Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad, what more do you need?” Jennifer Garner
“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
“I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.” Jennifer Garner
“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
“But I'll never be one of those women who feel that they always have to wear earrings and aren't properly dressed without them.” Jennifer Garner
“My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.” 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
“I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked.” Jennifer Garner
“I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much.” Jennifer Garner
“My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.” Jennifer Garner
“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.” Jennifer Garner
“I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.” Jennifer Garner
“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
“My big sister Melissa, is such a stud and my little sister Suzanna, has always had a perfect body and big blue eyes. We were a force.” Jennifer Garner
“I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than there is with clip-ons, and they're a lot more comfortable to wear - Sometimes I completely forget I've got them in and end up going to sleep wearing them.” Jennifer Garner
“I think that it's not as crazily different, my job, from anyone else's, as people let themselves believe. I think people get wrapped up in their own idea of what it is, but it's really not that.” Jennifer Garner
“My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures.” Jennifer Garner
“My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance.” Jennifer Garner
