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Jessica Alba tries comedy in latest role


(AP)
Updated: 2007-09-19 09:19





AP: Do you have any career role models?

Alba: Definitely Drew (Barrymore). Definitely. Working with her (on
"Never Been Kissed") when I was 16 and seeing how she absolutely loves
what she does and is still totally inspired and is opening doors for so
many women, yeah, she definitely has been a role model. And so young.
She's really terrific.

AP: Do you also want to expand to other aspects of the business, like
producing, writing and directing?

Alba: Definitely producing. I wouldn't say writing and directing. That's
a whole other beast. I respect a) writers and b) directors way too much
to think that I could just go in and just write up a little script.
People dedicate their lives to telling stories.

AP: What would you be doing if you weren't an actor?

Alba: I don't know. I really don't. I love science. I've always loved
biology, like I'm almost a little obsessed with it. It's kind of
unhealthy. Science Daily is one of my bookmarks. I'm super dorky. ... But
knowing what I know now and going through what I've experienced, I would
probably want to maybe be a documentary filmmaker, and be able to use
documentaries and in an entertaining way (make) thought-provoking
commentaries on social issues that are going on in the world.

AP: Is that something you might pursue at some point?

Alba: Totally. If not do it myself, certainly finance people who have a
passion or a knack for it.

AP: What are the pros and cons, personally and professionally, of being
considered one of the world's sexiest women?

Alba: I don't really think about it too much. I'm like everybody else. I
get insecure about things just like everybody else. I wake up in the
morning and think, "What the hell am I going to do with my face today or
my hair? What am I going to wear?" People make me feel like ... I'm not a
person or superhuman or something because you're on a list that's being
put together. But I understand that those magazines and those lists only
exist just to give publicity for the magazine and publicity for the
project that I'm in, and it's not necessarily completely and totally true.

AP: What's your dream role or collaboration?

Alba: I'm kind of living one now. I have to say, working with Mike Myers
and being his leading lady in the film ("The Love Guru"), that's huge.
... He's brilliant and I'm really excited about what's happening right
now. I try not to think too much about what if I could do this or do
that. I kind of like to just take in the moment and go for the ride and
enjoy it as much as I possibly can, because in three months it's going to
be over and I'll be onto something else.

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