Entertainment Weekly interview

rh71 · 01-17-2006, 03:37 AM

Found this on JAO ... credit to Dzero for posting it... it's from December...

Stupid Questions with Jessica Alba The ''Into the Blue'' star is faced with being ugly, getting seasick and playing invisible characters by Dan Snierson

She dove Into the Blue, danced in Honey, and double-roundhouse kicked her way through Dark Angel. But can the power of invisibility and the ability to create force fields — which she wielded as Sue Storm in Fantastic Four, released Dec. 6 on DVD — protect Jessica Alba from the teeth-chattering dangers of Stupid Questions? Time to find out.

EW: I would assume that playing an invisible character offers many benefits. Did you ever oversleep and miss one of your scenes, only to find out that you actually did an amazing job?
JA: Yeah, that was my fantasy. I got paid to not show up.

EW: Which water-based experience better prepared you for Into the Blue — your starring role on the syndicated TV series Flipper or your guest gig on UPN's The Love Boat: The Next Wave?
JA: Most definitely Flipper. I learned how to scuba dive, and I swam with dolphins in the middle of the ocean.

EW: Hmmm. Let's pretend that you said Love Boat.
JA: I got seasick on Love Boat, and I got seasick on Into the Blue.

EW: Is it possible that it wasn't the waves making you sick, but rather the Love Boat script? JA: That may have been part of the problem.

EW: In Sin City, you were a lasso-twirling exotic dancer who falls for a father-figure cop who's trying to save you from a jaundiced, castrated serial killer. When a character seems so ripped from the pages of your own life, do you just shoot the film first and ask questions later?
JA: Yeah, you're just caught up in the moment. Every day I wake up, I'm a stripper in Texas.

EW: What about Dark Angel did you find more implausible — the fact that you played Max, a hot chick with genetically engineered superpowers, or the fact that you played Max, a hot chick who shared the same name as an old Jewish man?
JA: A genetically engineered superhero is a little far-fetched. An old Jewish man is a bit more relatable. Long walks to school and the whole nine...

EW: I never got around to seeing your 1998 kiddie comedy P.U.N.K.S. — which featured both a suit with supernatural powers and Randy Quaid — but can I assume that it kinda S.U.C.K.S.?
JA: It was a job. You do what you gotta do.

EW: In 2002, you ranked No. 6 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll, while you placed No. 12 in Stuff's 102 Sexiest Women in the World issue. How tough was it to hold down both numbers at the same time?
JA: I had to go to therapy, actually, because I had this weird identity thing. I mean, inside I felt like a 6 but outside I was clearly a 12, and I was trying to come to terms with it all.

EW:Okay, let's just get this over with. Repeat after me: ''I was ugly and awkward as a kid, I had braces, and I was teased by everyone...''
JA: I was ugly and awkward as a kid, I had braces, and I was teased by everyone... I did have braces twice — I had pretty bad buckteeth. And I had a lisp for a while. And I was pigeon-toed. I really had my moments with the ugly gene.

EW: So do you ever wake up, look in the mirror, and say, ''Holy crap! There's a totally hot chick staring right at me!'' and then realize, ''Oh. It's just me''?
JA: Never. I usually wake up, look in the mirror, and go, ''Oh, man — really?'' And then I put a hat on and I keep it moving.

01-17-2006, 04:49 AM

Old [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Thanx anyway :D

Jessica Alba's Lover · 01-17-2006, 05:43 AM

yeah its old but still a good find though anyway.

01-17-2006, 02:33 PM

I didn't even know about the Love Boat stuff. Was this guying TRYING to act like a jerk or was it just a byproduct of being him/her? Saying a show that the person you're interviewing was on sucked probably isn't the best handle to get more interview opps. Then they turn around and talk about how hot she is?! Her agent shoulda slapped him/her around, man.

Jessica Alba's Lover · 01-17-2006, 05:38 PM

well i guess you also knew new love boat sucked so it did not matter to her.

01-18-2006, 07:42 AM

that person interviewing asked alot of dumb questions. hopefully they fell down the stairs or something by now. KARMA BABY!!! it's coming for ya!!

cheers

01-18-2006, 10:37 AM

I just can't figure out how they have these jobs and get paid like they do. I could come up w/more insightful, polite questions than that, man!

Jessica Alba's Lover · 01-18-2006, 07:03 PM

well the thing is called Stupid Questions with Jessica Alba. so of course there gonna ask stupid questions.

01-19-2006, 04:36 PM

most of the times those reporters and interviewers have bigger egos themselves than the person their interviewing. at least that what i've gathered when they ask ridiculous questions and putting down the movies/projects they were in. if it was me and they asked a question like "i havn't seen it but i bet your movie S-U-C-K-S." i would probably come back with something like, "yeah your so cool that your interviewing me." of course being the sweet girl jessica alba is theres no way she would ever say something like that.

cheers

Jessica Alba's Lover · 01-19-2006, 06:49 PM

yeah i know but than again it was a disney movie for little kids and she knew it already.

01-20-2006, 11:56 AM

I'm surprised she displayed such composure. If it was me and they said a project I worked on sucked, even if I knew it, I wouldn't resist the urge to reply, "Yeah, it sucked. But not as bad as some of these questions YOU'VE come up with, eh?" and hide it w/a sly smile so they can't get too angry. But who'd care if they did.

Jessica Alba's Lover · 01-20-2006, 03:49 PM

that's the difference between us and her i guess.

02-03-2006, 07:38 AM

Thanks Rh71

btw didn't know this board and you was still alive :D

02-03-2006, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keshuv:
Thanks Rh71

btw didn't know this board and you was still alive :D

whay would this board not be alive? this board gets more action than a bruce willis movie.

cheers

Jessica Alba's Lover · 02-05-2006, 03:03 AM

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Originally posted by Lobo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Keshuv:
Thanks Rh71

btw didn't know this board and you was still alive :D

whay would this board not be alive? this board gets more action than a bruce willis movie.

cheers [/quote]i know there are ao many albaholics where gonna need to start a AAA meeting

02-07-2006, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jessica Alba's Lover:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Lobo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Keshuv:
Thanks Rh71

btw didn't know this board and you was still alive :D

whay would this board not be alive? this board gets more action than a bruce willis movie.

cheers [/quote]i know there are ao many albaholics where gonna need to start a AAA meeting [/quote]it's AA meetings dude. AAA is the people that you call when your car breaks down on the side of the road. albaholics anonymous...LOL!!!

cheers

Jessica Alba's Lover · 02-07-2006, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lobo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Jessica Alba's Lover:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Lobo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Keshuv:
Thanks Rh71

btw didn't know this board and you was still alive :D

whay would this board not be alive? this board gets more action than a bruce willis movie.

cheers [/quote]i know there are ao many albaholics where gonna need to start a AAA meeting [/quote]it's AA meetings dude. AAA is the people that you call when your car breaks down on the side of the road. albaholics anonymous...LOL!!!

cheers [/quote]well it was earlier in the morning when i typed that.

02-07-2006, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jessica Alba's Lover:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Lobo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Jessica Alba's Lover:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Lobo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Keshuv:
Thanks Rh71

btw didn't know this board and you was still alive :D

whay would this board not be alive? this board gets more action than a bruce willis movie.

cheers [/quote]i know there are ao many albaholics where gonna need to start a AAA meeting [/quote]it's AA meetings dude. AAA is the people that you call when your car breaks down on the side of the road. albaholics anonymous...LOL!!!

cheers [/quote]well it was earlier in the morning when i typed that. [/quote]yeah you must have pulled an all nighter.

cheers

Jessica Alba's Lover · 02-08-2006, 12:48 AM

no probablty at like i don't remember but it was early.

01-17-2006, 03:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
rh71 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,685 My Profile	Found this on JAO ... credit to Dzero for posting it... it's from December... Stupid Questions with Jessica Alba The ''Into the Blue'' star is faced with being ugly, getting seasick and playing invisible characters by Dan Snierson She dove Into the Blue, danced in Honey, and double-roundhouse kicked her way through Dark Angel. But can the power of invisibility and the ability to create force fields — which she wielded as Sue Storm in Fantastic Four, released Dec. 6 on DVD — protect Jessica Alba from the teeth-chattering dangers of Stupid Questions? Time to find out. EW: I would assume that playing an invisible character offers many benefits. Did you ever oversleep and miss one of your scenes, only to find out that you actually did an amazing job? JA: Yeah, that was my fantasy. I got paid to not show up. EW: Which water-based experience better prepared you for Into the Blue — your starring role on the syndicated TV series Flipper or your guest gig on UPN's The Love Boat: The Next Wave? JA: Most definitely Flipper. I learned how to scuba dive, and I swam with dolphins in the middle of the ocean. EW: Hmmm. Let's pretend that you said Love Boat. JA: I got seasick on Love Boat, and I got seasick on Into the Blue. EW: Is it possible that it wasn't the waves making you sick, but rather the Love Boat script? JA: That may have been part of the problem. EW: In Sin City, you were a lasso-twirling exotic dancer who falls for a father-figure cop who's trying to save you from a jaundiced, castrated serial killer. When a character seems so ripped from the pages of your own life, do you just shoot the film first and ask questions later? JA: Yeah, you're just caught up in the moment. Every day I wake up, I'm a stripper in Texas. EW: What about Dark Angel did you find more implausible — the fact that you played Max, a hot chick with genetically engineered superpowers, or the fact that you played Max, a hot chick who shared the same name as an old Jewish man? JA: A genetically engineered superhero is a little far-fetched. An old Jewish man is a bit more relatable. Long walks to school and the whole nine... EW: I never got around to seeing your 1998 kiddie comedy P.U.N.K.S. — which featured both a suit with supernatural powers and Randy Quaid — but can I assume that it kinda S.U.C.K.S.? JA: It was a job. You do what you gotta do. EW: In 2002, you ranked No. 6 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll, while you placed No. 12 in Stuff's 102 Sexiest Women in the World issue. How tough was it to hold down both numbers at the same time? JA: I had to go to therapy, actually, because I had this weird identity thing. I mean, inside I felt like a 6 but outside I was clearly a 12, and I was trying to come to terms with it all. EW:Okay, let's just get this over with. Repeat after me: ''I was ugly and awkward as a kid, I had braces, and I was teased by everyone...'' JA: I was ugly and awkward as a kid, I had braces, and I was teased by everyone... I did have braces twice — I had pretty bad buckteeth. And I had a lisp for a while. And I was pigeon-toed. I really had my moments with the ugly gene. EW: So do you ever wake up, look in the mirror, and say, ''Holy crap! There's a totally hot chick staring right at me!'' and then realize, ''Oh. It's just me''? JA: Never. I usually wake up, look in the mirror, and go, ''Oh, man — really?'' And then I put a hat on and I keep it moving.

01-17-2006, 04:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
M900R Posts: n/a	Old [img]tongue.gif[/img] Thanx anyway :D

01-17-2006, 05:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jessica Alba's Lover Addicted To Alba 4-Ever Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Spooning With Jess. Posts: 7,269 My Profile	yeah its old but still a good find though anyway.

01-17-2006, 02:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
C_Zman Posts: n/a	I didn't even know about the Love Boat stuff. Was this guying TRYING to act like a jerk or was it just a byproduct of being him/her? Saying a show that the person you're interviewing was on sucked probably isn't the best handle to get more interview opps. Then they turn around and talk about how hot she is?! Her agent shoulda slapped him/her around, man.

01-17-2006, 05:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jessica Alba's Lover Addicted To Alba 4-Ever Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Spooning With Jess. Posts: 7,269 My Profile	well i guess you also knew new love boat sucked so it did not matter to her.

01-18-2006, 07:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Lobo Posts: n/a	that person interviewing asked alot of dumb questions. hopefully they fell down the stairs or something by now. KARMA BABY!!! it's coming for ya!! cheers

01-18-2006, 10:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
C_Zman Posts: n/a	I just can't figure out how they have these jobs and get paid like they do. I could come up w/more insightful, polite questions than that, man!

01-18-2006, 07:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jessica Alba's Lover Addicted To Alba 4-Ever Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Spooning With Jess. Posts: 7,269 My Profile	well the thing is called Stupid Questions with Jessica Alba. so of course there gonna ask stupid questions.

01-19-2006, 04:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
Lobo Posts: n/a	most of the times those reporters and interviewers have bigger egos themselves than the person their interviewing. at least that what i've gathered when they ask ridiculous questions and putting down the movies/projects they were in. if it was me and they asked a question like "i havn't seen it but i bet your movie S-U-C-K-S." i would probably come back with something like, "yeah your so cool that your interviewing me." of course being the sweet girl jessica alba is theres no way she would ever say something like that. cheers

01-19-2006, 06:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jessica Alba's Lover Addicted To Alba 4-Ever Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Spooning With Jess. Posts: 7,269 My Profile	yeah i know but than again it was a disney movie for little kids and she knew it already.

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01-20-2006, 11:56 AM	#11 (permalink)
C_Zman Posts: n/a	I'm surprised she displayed such composure. If it was me and they said a project I worked on sucked, even if I knew it, I wouldn't resist the urge to reply, "Yeah, it sucked. But not as bad as some of these questions YOU'VE come up with, eh?" and hide it w/a sly smile so they can't get too angry. But who'd care if they did.

01-20-2006, 03:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jessica Alba's Lover Addicted To Alba 4-Ever Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Spooning With Jess. Posts: 7,269 My Profile	that's the difference between us and her i guess.

02-03-2006, 07:38 AM	#13 (permalink)
Keshuv Posts: n/a	Thanks Rh71 btw didn't know this board and you was still alive :D

02-08-2006, 12:48 AM	#19 (permalink)
Jessica Alba's Lover Addicted To Alba 4-Ever Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Spooning With Jess. Posts: 7,269 My Profile	no probablty at like i don't remember but it was early.