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Top 83 Most Inspiring Jennifer Garner Quotes (ACTRESS)

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023

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“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

Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back. — Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.

The best way to help your kids navigate the chaos of the world is to love them harder than the world can hurt them. — The best way to help your kids navigate the chaos of the world is to love them harder than the world can hurt them.

I always say, life is not a sprint, it's a marathon. And sometimes it's hard to keep that in mind, but you have to keep going. — I always say, life is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. And sometimes it’s hard to keep that in mind, but you have to keep going.

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 — 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?

I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.

The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell. — The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.

“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.”
Jennifer Garner

I don't think that because I'm a mother I need to wear longer skirts or anything like that. I think you just need to be true to yourself. — I don’t think that because I’m a mother I need to wear longer skirts or anything like that. I think you just need to be true to yourself.

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it. — Well, you can’t be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there’s going to be a flip side to it.

When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be.

I try to live my life with a lot of gratitude and thankfulness, and just keep giving back. — I try to live my life with a lot of gratitude and thankfulness, and just keep giving back.

Happiness is your own responsibility. — Happiness is your own responsibility.

You can't worry so much about what people think about you. You have to do what feels right to you. — You can’t worry so much about what people think about you. You have to do what feels right to you.

I don't think that because you are a perfectionist that that makes you necessarily automatically unlikable. — I don’t think that because you are a perfectionist that that makes you necessarily automatically unlikable.

I've always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It's a joy to make people laugh, but it's not as fun as laughing yourself. — I’ve always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It’s a joy to make people laugh, but it’s not as fun as laughing yourself.

It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others — It’s not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?

I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.

It's not about what you wear, it's about how you live your life. — It’s not about what you wear, it’s about how you live your life.

7 Thought-Provoking Jennifer Garner Quotes About Life

“Why does everyone think they need to be a star? It’s ridiculous. The celebrity culture is so silly, and the fact that people grow up thinking that it’s something to aspire to just seems wrong. I don’t mean to bash my life. I love my life; I just think it’s not the only way to go.”
Jennifer Garner

The outside world can be very tough.

I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself.

“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'm still conflict-averse. I don't like to argue. — I’m still conflict-averse. I don’t like to argue.

We can be so hard on ourselves. And other people can, too - there's so much criticism out there! — We can be so hard on ourselves. And other people can, too – there’s so much criticism out there!

I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own. — I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.

4 Jennifer Garner Quotes That Will Empower Women

Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.

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. — 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.

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. — 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.

Can we just stop pretending that skinny jeans are a good look on anyone Can we just band together and go for a boot cut, please Ladies — Can we just stop pretending that skinny jeans are a good look on anyone? Can we just band together and go for a boot cut, please? Ladies?

8 Jennifer Garner Quotes About Love and Marriage

“My mom gave me a good piece of advice. She said never marry a man thinking you can change him, and I think that starts from your first date when you’re in the seventh grade onwards. Women are fixers so we have to just not fix. Don’t fix.”
Jennifer Garner

I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.

I want flowers; I don't want to text. What does that make me What kind of dinosaur am I — I want flowers; I don’t want to text. What does that make me? What kind of dinosaur am I?

“I don’t have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does — and I’m much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be. [With Scott] I wanted to see him as a white knight and was crushed whenever anything normal happened. I wanted to be the princess. Now I’m much more willing to see myself as human and flawed, and accept someone — the whole picture. My life is definitely changing for the better. I couldn’t be happier or feel more comfortable with the direction it’s going in.”
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.

“I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming.”
Jennifer Garner

When Jen Aniston and Brad Pitt broke up, I was dying to see something that said they were getting back together. — When Jen Aniston and Brad Pitt broke up, I was dying to see something that said they were getting back together.

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. — 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.

9 Jennifer Garner Quotes About Acting

“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

I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life.

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit. — And you can’t hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

“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

You stick to the script, the script is Bible. — You stick to the script, the script is Bible.

I do all my own stunts!

I love being physical and acting at the same time. — I love being physical and acting at the same time.

I've made my mind up that I will only do a film that I really, really love. I'm determined to lie low until a role comes along that really makes me want to work. — I’ve made my mind up that I will only do a film that I really, really love. I’m determined to lie low until a role comes along that really makes me want to work.

Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me. — Going after ‘the bad guy’ has not been a real issue for me.

3 Jennifer Garner Quotes on Dancing

“To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you’re 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.”
Jennifer Garner

I danced six hours a day. My cross to bear is that my children have no interest in ballet. I think they could smell how much I wanted to put their hair in a bun. — I danced six hours a day. My cross to bear is that my children have no interest in ballet. I think they could smell how much I wanted to put their hair in a bun.

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.

4 Jennifer Garner Quotes About Childhood

“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

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 — 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 think all of us have our inner 13-year-old a lot closer to the surface than we're willing to admit even to ourselves. — I think all of us have our inner 13-year-old a lot closer to the surface than we’re willing to admit even to ourselves.

I wasn't raised in a household where vanity was celebrated. That just wasn't on the top of our list. — I wasn’t raised in a household where vanity was celebrated. That just wasn’t on the top of our list.

2 Jennifer Garner Quotes on Pregnancy

“I really thought when I was pregnant with my first that it wouldn’t affect my work at all; it would just be a baby that grows up on set. And I was absolutely wrong. For women, the high point of their career and needing to have babies just don’t really go together.”
Jennifer Garner

I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls who wear skinny jeans throughout their pregnancies. But I just gain weight.

9 Jennifer Garner Quotes About Family

“The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do, and I know every job comes with a downside. But boy, this one’s a doozy. You pull out of your driveway, and the paparazzi literally chase you, running red lights – I’m a really careful driver, especially with my kids in the car, but I worry they’re going to cause an accident.”
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.

There's an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win. — There’s an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win.

“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.”
Jennifer Garner

We do a lot of crafting at our house. I don't even know how it got started because if you ask me, 'Are you crafty' I would say, 'No…' but it's something that we just do. — We do a lot of crafting at our house. I don’t even know how it got started because if you ask me, ‘Are you crafty?’ I would say, ‘No…’ but it’s something that we just do.

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.

“I’m so thrilled to get to raise my kids in the environment that they are in. I think it’s easy just to imagine that all these kids are spoiled and entitled. Part of what makes me be strong with my kids is the fact that I’m surrounded by other really firm strong moms.”
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. — 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.

I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle, call Mom. — I know enough to know that when you’re in a pickle, call Mom.

3 Jennifer Garner Quotes on Music

“And now, I still really don’t care that much but now I have music playing all the time at home, which is a first for me. Whatever. Everything from Ani DiFranco to Dave Matthews to Jack Johnson and Norah Jones.”
Jennifer Garner

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.

I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus. — I hoped, hoped, that maybe I’d be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.

2 Jennifer Garner Quotes About Sports

I've loved football since I was in the marching band of junior high and high school and was the water girl for my high school's team. — I’ve loved football since I was in the marching band of junior high and high school and was the water girl for my high school’s team.

I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked.

2 Jennifer Garner Quotes on Patience

I am the model middle child. I am patient and I like to take care of everyone. Being called nice is a compliment. It's not a boring way to describe me. — I am the model middle child. I am patient and I like to take care of everyone. Being called nice is a compliment. It’s not a boring way to describe me.

I'm a peace-maker, I can fit into a lot of situations. I'm pretty easygoing. I have a lot of patience. — I’m a peace-maker, I can fit into a lot of situations. I’m pretty easygoing. I have a lot of patience.

11 Jennifer Garner Quotes That Will Make You Think

“I am a bit of a goody-goody. Not that there aren’t times when I think, I was kind of an (ass) today. I work in a world in which people are really catered to; someone will come up to me and say, “Is it OK if this person’s makeup is done before yours for the premiere?”
Jennifer Garner

I mean, the Men in Hollywood event is every day. It's called Hollywood. — I mean, the Men in Hollywood event is every day. It’s called Hollywood.

In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.

“I can definitely benefit from a self-tan, although I cannot say that I am the best at applying it. I’m just not gifted at those kinds of things! But bronzer for sure. Also, just using blush that has that kind of a sun-kissed color as opposed to a bright pink. I would rather have it be really sheer and just right where the sun would hit you.”
Jennifer Garner

I just try work out at least twice a week if I can.

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. — 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.

“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 miss West Virginia very much.

I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much. — I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room – I love that so much.

“There’s rarely a big hat. I think all those things are great, but I’m boring in that I just use sunscreen every day. I don’t mess around. I put it on first thing. I have it on now, and I’m sitting inside.”
Jennifer Garner

“I don’t know anyone who was never a geek, really, when they look at their own lives. I think that from the outside looking in, you think that you weren’t necessarily a tragic geek, but yes, you did lean in that direction.”
Jennifer Garner

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