Jennifer Lopez: I’m in the Best Place I’ve Ever Been
Since her whirlwind days as one half of “Bennifer,” Jenny From the Block has transitioned into Jennifer the Sophisticated Spouse. As she and hubby Marc Anthony prep for the release of their movie El Cantante and their subsequent joint tour, Lopez sat down with Glamour to talk about working with Marc, the never-ending baby questions and insecure pop stars.
Read on for the highlights!:
On making her marriage work:
“We made all these promises to each other in the beginning of the marriage, because both of us have difficult careers to manage with a partner. We don’t have 9-to-5 jobs; our day could be 24 hours long if we let it. So you have to carve out your time and make your agreements: ‘We are going to travel with each other. If I’m working, you’re not going to work. If we both have to work, we’re going to make sure we keep that to a minimum.’”
On the constant question of kids:
“Every other week [tabloids] say I’m pregnant, and I keep telling them, ‘I’m not yet’…Marc and I just saw the film Children of Men. The message of the movie was if we don’t have children, there’s no hope for the future…maybe that’s what the pregnancy rumors are about…Maybe it’s not that deep. Maybe it’s more about seeing two people together and wanting to know if it’s real. A lot of the time, having a baby solidifies that.”
On her surprising chat with Victoria Beckham:
“[Beckham] said, ‘People would never guess you’re insecure. Are you? Because I know I am.’ It was like she had to hear it from me. And I said, ‘Yeah, of course I am.’ She said, ‘But you seem so confident.’ And I said, ‘Because I am confident! It doesn’t mean I don’t have my moments. But you have to remember the value of your individuality- that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.’ She said, ‘Oh, I love hearing this. What you’re saying is so great!’ It was really sweet.”
On what she would tell her younger self, if she could go back in time ten years:
“The truth is, everything that’s happened was supposed to happen. That doesn’t mean I don’t look back and think, God, I wish I hadn’t had to go through some of those things. But then I think, you know what? It didn’t finish me- and I look at where I am now! So I would tell [25-year-old J. Lo], ‘Always follow your heart. Sometimes it’s gonna hurt, but you’re going to be fine.’ And I am: I’m in the best place I’ve ever been.”
July 9th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
How boring! She says she’s in the best place she’s ever been with every man she’s with, and in her interviews she’s always trying to convince the world that her life is so perfect with Marc Anthony. If its so perfect why does she have to constantly talk about it?
July 9th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
FLAP FLAP FLAP do her jawas ever stop with the “me, me, me, I, I, I” crap? Shut up windbag, you’re only contributing to global warming with all that hot air.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
I didn’t read any of it. I couldn’t bring myself to it. But I agree with the both of you. She is so self-centered.