Quotes by Jennifer Lopez

A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish Cameron Diaz would have done more with.
– Jennifer Lopez
I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.
– Jennifer Lopez
I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.
– Jennifer Lopez
I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this business, so you better toughen up!' And I did.
– Jennifer Lopez
I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.
– 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
It makes me laugh when she says Salma Hayek got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that's what she does to get herself publicity than that's her thing.
– Jennifer Lopez
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.
– Jennifer Lopez
People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite.
– Jennifer Lopez
This film [the Cell] certainly is not meant for the girls who sing along with my songs.
– Jennifer Lopez
You know, maybe I was just born in the wrong time, but I love all things romantic. Puffy understands that. For my last birthday, he covered my hotel room floor with rose petals and had flowers and candles all over the room.
– Jennifer Lopez
You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. That's what one of my first acting teachers taught me. You know, don't go in there being Jennifer and then expect to flip and change, because they're not going to have that imagination.
– Jennifer Lopez
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
There's no way in the world that just because women turn the number 40, they're anything less than amazing. That's crazy. If anything, you're even more amazing!
– Jennifer Lopez
There are certain people that are marked for death. I have my little list of those that treated me unfairly.
– Jennifer Lopez
The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.
– Jennifer Lopez
People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.
– Jennifer Lopez
Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.
– Jennifer Lopez
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
If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.
– Jennifer Lopez
If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.
– Jennifer Lopez
I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. We're loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life.
– Jennifer Lopez
I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.
– Jennifer Lopez
I think if you're in a committed relationship, unless you have some sort of an understanding, monogamy is something that should exist.
– Jennifer Lopez
I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.
– Jennifer Lopez
I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy in my life. I am kind of like that at home. Do I have the full hair and makeup? No. But I might have the nice dress on.
– Jennifer Lopez
I like to cook Puerto Rican food. That's what I grew up on: rice, beans, meat, some Italian-American food. I know my way around the kitchen.
– Jennifer Lopez
I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.
– Jennifer Lopez
I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.
– Jennifer Lopez
I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all.
– Jennifer Lopez
I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.
– Jennifer Lopez
I do know a lot about Scientology. And I know about the practices. I know all about what the technology is and all that kind of stuff. It's very helpful.
– Jennifer Lopez
I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.
– Jennifer Lopez
Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
– Jennifer Lopez
A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.
– Jennifer Lopez