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JENNIFER GARNER: EVERYTHING THAT'S FUN TO KNOW - PART 8
05 MAY 2004. SOURCE: TEEN HOLLYWOOD

Teen Hollywood: Can we talk about the clothes in this movie? Did you have favourites?

Jennifer: You should've seen us rearranging the shoes in the closet. We were salivating. We were like, "No, no, let's really put these more towards the middle." At home, I give them away as fast as I get them.

Teen Hollywood: What size are you?

Jennifer: Nine. The clothes in this movie made me so happy, which is funny, because I grew up in a family where we truly didn't care about clothes. And, by the time that we did, I would steal from my big sister and she would yell at me. I would baby-sit to try to earn money, and then, I'd get something that was a bad colour. We had three things - something to wear to church, and then two things to wear every day. I remember in fifth grade, I had a purple sweat shirt from Chautauqua, New York. I wore it every day that year, to the point where the teacher called my mom, and my mom said, "I'm washing it. She wears a different shirt under it. I'm washing it every day. I can't get her not to wear it." I just wanted to be comfortable. I would've loved to have gone to a school with a uniform. I would still love that. I love nothing more than, when I get to work, someone dresses me and I don't have to think about it.

Teen Hollywood: So you never went nutz [sic] over the cool wardrobe in this film?

Jennifer: While I was making this movie, I couldn't believe how excited I was getting over a strappy heel. I would be like, "Is that a Birkin bag?" And, I've never known what a Birkin was before this. I don't own them, but I was still, "Oh my God, does this outfit have the Kelly bag?" We were obsessed. We had fittings every single day, because it's a 13-year-old's fantasy of how she would dress at 30, if she had an unlimited budget. This 13-year-old doesn't know that there are credit card bills that are eventually going to show up, unless she gets the hell out of dodge beforehand. As far as my favourites, I wouldn't even begin to tell you.

Teen Hollywood: Did you take anything?

Jennifer: No. I've got to remember to try that. They were generous, they did give me several things. Why I didn't think about it, I don't know. But also, to me, the clothes are so specific to her that there were things that, like jeans, I could wear again. But, other than that, a lot of the stuff, I couldn't.

Teen Hollywood: Do you feel like you have to be tough to be a successful woman?

Jennifer: It's actually an incredibly unfair double standard. I really find no reason not to be pretty accommodating and nice every day at work. I'm really happy to be there. I know that the fact that I'm in a good mood keeps the whole set happy. And, I know that on days when I'm not, I can sense it kind of trickling down and around, and that is not fun. But, at the same time, there are times when you get to the point where you're so exhausted because you've said yes to everything and to everyone, and you finally say, "You know what? I really don't want to do that over lunch. I need really to sit down and taken some time." And, the next thing you know, you're hearing, "Oh, God, she's [a bitch]," and you start to realise you can't live your life by what other people are going to decide. I do think that there's a double standard, in that way, but I think that if you pretty much go forward from a place of team spirit and wanting the best for whatever the project is, and for everyone involved, that they'll be respectful. I do no think that this is just about Hollywood. I think that this is indicative of our culture. TO BE CONTINUED / BACK TO THE TOP