Quotes By Jennifer Lopez

I believe in love.

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.

I loved the last album, and it was one hundred percent me. But this is like me two years later, who understands a little bit more about music and understands a little bit more about making an album. I wrote a lot more.

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

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.

So I sat down with him and portrayed more the side of the character he needed to see. Which is what I do when I go in for an interview for a part I like. As much as you think you're dealing with creative people, they see you for what your image is out there.

This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.

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.

I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

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.

I have to work, for my soul.

I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.

If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.

They're making me out to be a serial marrying person or something. I'm laughing at that.

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.

You mirror what the world mirrors to you.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me. I don't feel frightened; I feel challenged.

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.

You can't take life for granted.

I judge people on how they smell, not how they look.

The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.

And I love the idea of spending the whole day in bed with my lover.

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.

And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

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.