America fell in love with her at an early age on the TV show, 7th Heaven, and the adoration of Jessica Biel has only grown as we’ve watched her develop into both a talented actress and grounded, elegant woman.
Appearing in Vogue’s upcoming February issue, on newsstands January 26th, in Ralph Lauren Collection and RRL Ralph Lauren denim, she talks candidly about her new movie, Valentine’s Day, posing almost nude, her sexy public persona and her desire for more substantial acting material.
Here are some of the highlights of the Vogue interview by Contributing Editor Jonathan Van Meter.
Jessica Biel Vogue Photos by Mario Testino
On her relationship with Justin Timberlake:
When he asks about Biel’s relationship with Timberlake, Van Meter is met with a steely resolve: “I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t feel the need to clear anything up. It’s the most precious thing that I have in my life, and I care about it so much that I don’t care about what anyone says or thinks. I have just not addressed it in any real way, and I’m not going to. It’s mine. And I really like that about it.”
On her nearly nude Gear magazine photo shoot which got her fired from 7th Heaven:
“I really wanted to go to college, and it all kind of happened at the same time. I did this photo shoot; the photo shoot came out; it was terribly embarrassing. I had to apologize to everybody, including my parents. It was a big learning experience: learning how to have boundaries and how to say no.”
On her sex symbol status and her conflicts with it:
“When I see myself in pictures with makeup on, even to this day, I think it looks weird. My eyes get squintier and smaller. On the red carpet, I’m playing a character. As soon as I get off that thing I think, Oof, wipe that gloss off. I’m wiping and wiping and pulling my hair out and trying to change my outfit. I’m immediately trying to get comfortable. It’s really a part I play.”
On her desire for some drama in her life, dramatic acting material that
is:
“The last year in this business has been harsh. There’s no material. Nobody wants to make dramas. And that’s what we all want to do.” What is getting produced, she says, are “commercial movies—horror movies, big romantic comedies, and action movies. Those can be great, but you don’t want to do only those kinds of films. You can’t live on éclairs alone. You have to have a spinach salad every now and again.”
On pal and co-star Jennifer Garner’s opinion of Biel:
Jennifer Garner, friend and costar of Valentine’s Day, says of Biel’s acting skills: “She’s incredibly girly and warm and open—all of the things she seems to buck against when she’s looking at roles. The first scene that I did with her, she was drunk in the scene. It’s hard to play drunk, not to overdo it. But she did it in such a subtle, real, kind of pathetic but very, very deeply funny way. I was, take one, totally impressed.”
Wanna know more about Biel getting real?
Click HERE to read the entire Vogue interview.
