No ? in 1998, J. Lo was riding high on a string of successful movies, including the one that helped her become a household name, Selena. And the starlet on the rise was feeling herself so hard that she gave a now-legendary, no holds barred interview with Movieline that touched an all the taboo things celebrities never reveal (who makes what, who wants to have sex with who, and who is a talentless hack).
QuoteOn her own talent:
When J.Lo was asked why she was thriving in 1998, she had no problem talking up her own talent. ?Because I?m the best,? she said, laughing in delight at her own chutzpah. ?I feel I can do anything?any kind of role. I?m fearless.?
And later: ?I have the ?stardom glow.'?
?I?ll just get better as I go along because I?m open to getting better. If you have the goods, there?s nothing to be afraid of. If somebody doesn?t have the goods, they?re insecure. I don?t have that problem. I?m not the best actress that ever lived, but I know I?m pretty good.?
QuoteOn Salma Hayek:
J.Lo was not too impressed with Salma Hayek saying that she could have been in Selena. ?We?re in two different realms,? she said. ?She?s a sexy bombshell and those are the kinds of roles she does. I do all kinds of different things. It makes me laugh when she says she got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that?s what she does to get herself publicity, then that?s her thing. Columbia offered me the choice of Fools Rush In or Anaconda, but I chose the fun B-movie because the Fools script wasn?t strong enough.?
QuoteOn Cameron Diaz:
?A lucky model who?s been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she would have done more with,? she said. ?She?s beautiful and has a great presence, though, and in My Best Friend?s Wedding, I thought, ?When directed, she can be good.'?
QuoteOn Gwyneth Paltrow:
?Tell me what she?s been in? I swear to God, I don?t remember anything she was in,? J.Lo said. ?Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt than I ever heard about her work.?
QuoteOn Madonna:
?Do I think she?s a great performer? Yeah. Do I think she?s a great actress? No,? she said. ?Acting is what I do, so I?m harder on people when they say, ?Oh, I can do that?I can act.? I?m like, ?Hey, don?t spit on my craft.'?
QuoteOn Winona Ryder:
?I was never a big fan of hers. In Hollywood she?s revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I?ve never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, ?Oh, I love her.'?
QuoteOn her shit list:
?I have my little list of journalists that have treated me unfairly. Like, I was totally happy, totally confident with my work in Selena, but out of the 700 reviews?and I read every single one?I can quote the one who said, ?The one thing you don?t do when you walk out of this movie is say, ?Who?s that girl?? I was like, ?You lying bitch!?
When another person from that same magazine came up to me, the first thing I said to her was, ?You tell that other bitch that writes for your magazine that I?m never talking with her again.? I definitely have my list of people that are going to get their justice.?
