ET - Jessica Alba Shares Why She Stopped Acting at the 'Top of My Career'

[DallasEast]

By Liz Calvario‍
8:28 PM PDT, March 24, 2021

Jessica Alba was at the top of her acting career when she decided it was time to pursue new opportunities. The 39-year-old actress-turned-entrepreneur reveals in a new interview with Romper published on Wednesday that after welcoming her first child, daughter Honor, in 2008, her mindset changed.

“My mother had cancer at a really young age, in her early 20s. I grew up with chronic illness. I had five surgeries before I was 11 years old. I had chronic allergies, and I was hospitalized a lot as a child," she shares. "I had this real moment of, I want to live, and thrive, and spend as much time with this little person that I'm bringing into the world as possible and stay. So, my health matters. I want this little person to be healthy. And it's really freaking hard to be happy when you don't have your health."

"That's really what motivated me. My motivation was not like, ‘Am I ever going to get hired again?’ Frankly, I was at the top of my career,” adds Alba, who is also mother to daughter Haven, 9, and son Hayes, 3. "I couldn't go back to what I was doing before and be authentic. I just couldn't. I didn't care about it the same way."

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[Doomsday]

I hope a lot of young kids read this and see how much work it takes to actually run a business, they seem to think all business owners are rich people who sit behind a desk and do nothing all day. She has a lot of money and a name brand and it still took years to get off the ground.

Also, interesting how our interests change throughout our lives, especially after we have kids.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

What a smile. Wish her well.

 

[CyberB0b]

She's a dime.

 

[Turk]

Not just smart but has a lot of common sense. Sadly not common in this day and age.

 

[DallasEast]

Not just smart but has a lot of common sense. Sadly not common in this day and age.

You include a certain degree of cynicism in practically every comment made on CowboysZone.

 

[Runwildboys]

So in other words, we can blame that brat for not being able to gawk at Jessica anymore!!

 

[Turk]

You include a certain degree of cynicism in practically every comment made on CowboysZone.

I am a very cynical person. And I see plenty of reason everywhere to be so.

 

[DallasEast]

I am a very cynical person. And I see plenty of reason everywhere to be so.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

Jessica Alba dabba dooooooo!!!!