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Jessica Alba claims she never sought out sexy film roles.
The 33-year-old beauty - who has daughters Honor, six, and Haven, two, with husband Cash Warren - is best known for playing dancer Nancy Callahan in 'Sin City' and superhero Sue Storm in 'Fantastic Four' but she insists the majority of her film roles are only "sexy" because of her figure.
She explained: "I never sought them out. I was playing a superhero and all of a sudden when they put me in a superhero uniform they called it sexy. I was covered head to toe, but everything turns into sexy because I have a body.
"I was never, 'Oh, I'm going to be a sexy superhero'. I was just playing a superhero. The only overtly sexy role I've ever done was 'Sin City'."
The 'Honey' actress co-founded The Honest Company - a "safe, eco-friendly, beautiful, convenient and affordable source of baby products - two years ago and she believes it's success has given her more confidence.
She told to Britain's GQ magazine: "It's given me a better understanding of success in business. Of how to pull myself out of the frenzy, of the buzz of Hollywood and the frenetic energy of pop culture and have a business perspective on all of it.
"I'm not as affected personally by people's opinions because it used to crush my little heart when people would criticise me."

Ridley Scott says 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' is the "biggest" movie he's ever made.
The 'Prometheus' director is currently in post-production for the upcoming drama about Moses' hand in leading the Israelite slaves out of Egypt and he's revealed it's the biggest project he's ever worked on.
He explained: "Well, in terms of the metaphorical aspects, yes [this is the biggest project I've done]. Even budgetarily it's probably the biggest, yeah.
"But I didn't approach it as my biggest. I never do that. I always approach it from the point of view of the characters, of the story.
"I never realised 'Gladiator' was going to be quite as large in terms of its scope and yet it was a very small, personal story."
'Exodus' tells the story of two brothers - Moses (Christian Bale) and his adopted sibling Rhamses (Joel Edgerton) - and deals with warfare, plagues and literal acts of God but Scott has tried to keep details of the plot under wraps.
He told ScreenRant: "I've held back a bit - wait till you see the move. You must never oversell yourself. You've got to wait till you're three weeks out, then you go for it."
'Exodus: Gods and Kings' also stars Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley and is scheduled for release on December 26 2014.

Dakota Johnson is to star in 'Forever, Interrupted'.
The 24-year-old actress has been offered the leading role in the upcoming film adaptation of the Taylor Jenkins Reid novel 'Forever, Interrupted: A Novel', Variety reports.
The film will tell the story of a young woman (Johnson) who elopes after a whirlwind romance but when her adoring husband dies a sudden death she will be forced to come to terms with his loss and forms an unlikely relationship with his mother.
Amy Baer will produce the romantic drama through Gidden Media while Johnson will also take on the role of executive producer alongside Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake of Good Universe, John Middleton and Roy Lee.
She said of the novel: "[It's] exquisitely written and heart-wrenchingly honest ... and Dakota will be exquisite as Elsie, who has to deal with the sudden loss of a great love. She is a deeply thoughtful, sensitive and smart woman and actress."
Johnson recently wrapped on the untitled Whitey Bulger biopic, formerly titled 'Black Mass', opposite Johnny Depp and will next be seen in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.

Alex Pettyfer has reportedly begged Channing Tatum for a part in the 'Magic Mike' sequel.
The 24-year-old star, who is said to have had a difficult relationship with the actor, writer and producer on the set of the first movie, is the only original star not yet signed up for the upcoming 'Magic Mike XXL'.
An insider told America's OK! magazine: "Alex is dying to reprise his role, but Channing is on the fence. It's going to take a lot of sucking up for Alex to get his part back."
The source said that 34-year-old Tatum found his younger co-star "cocky" and "difficult to work with."
While the two actors may have had a tricky relationship, Joe Manganiello recently spoke about the close bond he has with the stars of the first movie, and revealed their friendship will be reflected in the plot for the sequel.
He said: "It's going to be about the guys. We didn't really get to focus on any of them. I don't think there are specific instances of, 'Oh! We have to do that!' It's more like, 'Man, I've never had this much fun on a set, ever!'
"And when you promise that you're going to stay in touch with everyone after a project, you never do that. And on this project, we all did.
"We all stay in contact and keep hanging out, no matter how busy we are. So we were like, 'We should have the cameras on us. It should be just us, messing around, this locker room/frat house-type atmosphere.' "

Gary Oldman is in talks to join the cast of 'Criminal'. The 56-year-old actor is negotiations to join Kevin Costner in the upcoming Millennium Films spy thriller, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Costner will take on the starring role in the mov...

The cast and crew of 'Fast & Furious 7' have paid tribute to the late Paul Walker.
The stars of the upcoming action flick - including Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez - have shared an open letter with fans to mark the end of production on the seventh instalment on the franchise.
The letter thanks fans for standing by the series and pays homage to the late star, who tragically died in a fiery car accident last November.
The letter, posted on the official 'Fast & Furious' Facebook page, reads: "We made it. Today we completed the last shot in the production of 'Fast & Furious 7'.
"We wanted to take this moment to express how thankful we are for your support. We felt the love and strength from our fans throughout this journey, and it's because of you that we got here.
"There was a time when we didn't know how we could go on, or even if we should. But we listened to you, and you inspired us not only to keep going but to try and make the best 'Fast & Furious' movie yet."
The letter hails Diesel - who both stars in and produces the films - as a true "leader" who "gathered us back together and moved us forward when we needed it most".
It continues: "Our family is big and strong but it won't ever quite be whole again without Paul.
"All of us - those who've been here from the start and those whose first 'Fast' film is 7 - wanted to create a special film for him and for you. We believe we have."

Halle Berry didn't shower for eight weeks while making 'Jungle Fever'.
The 47-year-old actress made her acting debut alongside Samuel L. Jackson in the 1991 film in which she played a crack-cocaine addict and she's confessed that as she wasn't willing to experiment with the drug in preparation, she instead embraced her character by remaining unwashed throughout production.
Quizzed about the role, she said: "I didn't smoke crack. I drew the line there but it was 23 years ago so I was brand spanking new and at that time all I could really do was kind of try to be it, to be it so I didn't shower for the whole entire time that we shot that movie, so that was probably about eight weeks.
"It was gnarly, it was gnarly. Certain body parts got washed, let's just say that."
Ten years later Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in 'Monster Ball' and she's revealed she keeps the prize in her bedroom where no one else can see it.
Speaking about where she keeps the Oscar in the home she shares with husband and fellow actor Olivier Martinez, she told Live! with Kelly and Michael: "I keep him in my bedroom so nobody ever sees him. He's very protected in my room all tucked away and tidy ... In my house we don't have a lot of that kind of stuff out anywhere.
"You would walk in our home and not know that actors live there and so it's some place that's private. It's just for me. It reminds me sometimes of the accomplishment so it's really more for me personally."

Guillermo Del Toro is planning to make a "really bizarre" movie.
The 49-year-old director is looking to fit in the time to make a "strange little" film in between completing his haunted house horror 'Crimson Peak' and starting work on the 'Pacific Rim' sequel.
He told Collider: "Right away, in February / March I should start on another very small movie, black and white, really, really bizarre.
"We start pre-production on Pacific Rim 2 in August, and then I interrupt it briefly to go into the first of next year to do this strange little movie, and then I restart it and go all the way until we start shooting at the end of 2015 for release in 2017."
While he refused to give away much other than the project will have "one great creature", Del Toro is already eyeing a cast for the mystery movie.
He said: "It's a very small cast. I would love to have John Hurt, and there's an actress that I have in mind that is not well known but I've seen her in a short film. That's all she's really done, one feature and one short, but she has an incredibly interesting taste and I'm gonna try her out for the main role."

Mark Ruffalo claims his singing has put women off dating him.
The actor stars opposite Keira Knightley in new romantic comedy 'Begin Again', set in New York City's musical scene, but won't be showing off his own vocal skills on camera any time soon.
The '13 Going on 30' star admits his phobia stems from the time he went on a disastrous date with a girl who dumped him after hearing his strange "dork" singing.
He told London Live: "I was having a date with a girl and I thought it was going very well so I put on some music, The Police, and she was liking that and I started to sing along. And then I realised she was just staring at me.
"Then just out of her mouth came, 'You're... such a dork'. I don't think she realised she'd said that but that was the last time I ever went out with her."
Mark also revealed he attempted to sing in the movie, but it was axed by producers for everyone's sake.
He revealed: "I did sing in the movie but it was cut out. I think it might have been that bad. And I'm terrible at karaoke. I don't like it. It's not a pleasant experience for me. Or the audience."
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