Jessica Biel: the Most Normal Girl on the Pages of Vogue Magazine

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 15th 2010 04:00PM

'Valentine's Day' star Jessica Biel has been waiting a good, long time for her big moment - after years on squeaky-clean WB drama 'Seventh Heaven' and starring roles in numerous should-have-been-bigger films, she's still more recognizable for a high-profile romance with Justin Timberlake. "I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress," Biel tells Vogue in their February cover story, and explains that after fifteen years in the business, she can still ride the subway undetected. Check out Biel's thoughts on her family, her relationship, and her controversial nearly-nude photo shoot at 17, after the jump.

On moving with her mom to L.A. for pilot season: "It was stressful, for sure: my mom leaving my brother when he was so little for months at a time; my dad having to deal on his own. Sometimes I look back and think, God, you guys were crazy for letting some twelve-year-old do what she wanted. I mean, they did everything for me."

On posing nearly nude on the cover of Gear, just shy of her 18th birthday: "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."

Behind-the-scenes video with Jessica Biel

On young starlets today: "I have this overwhelming motherly feeling toward them. Just do what you gotta do, girls! Hold it together! I wish everyone would just leave them alone."

On the recession: "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."

"[Movies now 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 her relationship with Justin Timberlake: "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 self -image: "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 honoring her family: "My grandmother, whom we call Biel, thinks it's very unbecoming of me not to smile for the paparazzi. So every time I see them I think, Smile for Biel!"

Read the entire interview with Jessica Biel at Vogue, on newsstands January 26.

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Friday 15 January

By Steve in DC

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Dang.... She's nice looking, with a nice mind... a good personality. A real girl.

Monday 18 January

By Durango Kid Lane

I've watched Ms. Biel grow over the years on TV and Film. I hope and pray that Hollywood has not type cast her. Yes, she is great as the girl next door and so is Sanda Bullock. In one of Ms. Biel's film rolls, she showed her acting ability as a strong lead or supporting lead. The Film had other great actor's also, But it was a bad script, under bad Directing. Just as so many other great actors and actress in our business over the years, have been passed over and not really recognize for there natural talent. With the wright leading roll, SHE WILL turn the world UPSIDE DOWN with her performance....DKL

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