Jessica Alba Recalls Being Insecure of Her Abilities As A Younger Actress

Jessica Alba didn’t have “fun” as an actor when she was younger because she was “wildly insecure” about her abilities and didn’t feel “worthy” of attention. She won her first film role in ‘Camp Nowhere in 1994 when she was just 13 years old.

I felt like I was being judged. I was the harshest critic of myself. I believe I didn’t believe I was deserving.”

They seemed to be in the zone because you can tell when someone is in the zone and when they are simply happy.”

The ‘LA’s Finest’ actress eventually took a vacation from acting, and she credits the break with bringing her “true joy.”

Jessica stated, ” “I believe taking a lengthy break from it and having no stake in whether it works or not gives me the ability as a storyteller to just be entirely present and explore new things, which I really enjoy. And it’s given me a lot of pleasure.”

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Alba also stated that she didn’t feel she was able to focus more on her life path and less on the outcome until she was 30 years old.

“I just think all of the outcomes were very disappointing, especially in Hollywood,” she said on the set’s Be Real with Sammy Jaye’s podcast. ‘This is totally out of my control!’ I exclaimed. Why?’

“You’d have a major weather problem, and if 80% of the country is frozen, guess who won’t be attending the movies on opening weekend?” However, you’ve been assigned to that specific opening weekend that someone had worked on for ten years.

“You’ve invested at least two years of your life in something you believe will work out, and then the country freezes over and no one can leave their house.”

“Is this a sign that it’s a failure? No. Is that to say, may they take away from your desire for it to be good and your experience creating it? No. But I’ve always thought of the end result as what it should have been.”