Jessica Alba opened up about her experience as a young actress in Hollywood and explained why she tool on roles just to 'survive.'
Jessica Alba is taking a trip down memory lane. In a new interview, the actress – who is currently promoting her new Netflix film, 'Trigger Warning' – opened up about the early stages of her career and explained why she felt she was in survival mode when it came to taking on roles. 'You're not always taking the roles that are the best,' Alba told People magazine, referencing her experience as a young actress in Hollywood.
My mother had cancer at a really young age,' Alba told Romper at the time. 'Many women in my family have passed from various different cancers, none of them genetic.' 'I had five surgeries before I was 11 years old,' she explained. 'I had chronic allergies, and I was hospitalized a lot as a child. 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.
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