Quotes from Jennifer Lopez

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

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

You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. That's what one of my first acting teachers taught me. You know, don't go in there being Jennifer and then expect to flip and change, because they're not going to have that imagination.

When I first started on television, people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had to make all of these changes. But you have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!' And when you can really believe that, all of a sudden other people start believing, too.

I love to eat everything and you pretty much can - a little piece of something fattening is not going to kill you. It's when you eat the whole box that it's going to kill you.

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.

My mom always told me that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. And it's true. It's one of the truest things ever.

I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person [becoming a mother].

I am positive - determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person.

It's always a struggle. It's an uphill battle the whole time. But you know what? The rewards are so graet, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.

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.

By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.

I know that there is a force in the world and an energy that you can put out, and when you put out love it comes back to you. I think that's my basic philosophy.

You've gotta do things that make you happy.

If you ask me, I'd like to become the first female president. That would be really cool. The first thing I would do is redecorate the White House, it doesn't look very cozy.

But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop, dance, funk and soul and mix it all together to get my own sound.

But from the time I was very little, it was something I would do all the time, just sing, dance and act. So it wasn't something that was fake or contrived as I got older.

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

Until you value yourself enough and love yourself enough to know that, you can't really have a healthy relationship.

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.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky.