Hollywood's next best thing isn't content to be known just for her body. It's her body of work that interests Jessica Biel.
April 23, 2007 (Press Release) --
"The sexiest woman alive," she poses. "I mean, who can hang out with the sexiest woman alive? You can't hang out with her. She's the sexiest woman alive. You don't know her. You might not like her."
She laughs and says, "I would love to play the girl next door. I also want to be the funny girl on the big screen. I'd like to do Jennifer Aniston-type of stuff or something serious where I don't have to be beautiful.
"I don't want people to put me on a pedestal," she says. "I've read articles about 'her luscious feet and toes.' I'll sit there and think, 'What?' It can be really embarrassing.
"My friends also give me a lot of crap about those type of stories."
She says her brother is the worst.
"My brother is 21 and he's like, 'Whatever. You're not hot.'"
Biel, 25, is hot when it comes to moving up to the A-list. She stars in "Next" (opening Friday) with Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore in a story about a man who can see into the future.
"Nic plays this man who has precognitive abilities and he can see into his own future -- but only two minutes into it. He gets involved with the FBI who are after him," Biel previews during a phone interview. "Meanwhile, there is a terrorist attack that's going to occur, but the government doesn't have any information. The FBI wants to basically use Nic as a guinea pig to save L.A."
Biel plays against type in her role.
"I play a teacher who is just a normal person wrapped up in this crazy world because Nic's character keeps seeing the face of this woman," she says "Whenever he sees certain things, he can see way farther into the future. At the same time, he doesn't understand who I am and he doesn't know why his powers are stronger when he's around me."
Biel says the role is a good way to show another side of her sexy image seen in the pages of magazines.
"When I first started getting all of these sexiest women things like an Esquire cover, I was flattered and honored. I was also a little shocked at the whole thing," she says. "I also thought, 'Oh this is going to be great. I'm going to get so many jobs from this.' But that wasn't really the case.
"It wasn't a negative at all, but being called the sexiest woman is kind of an unattainable sort of label."
Biel has tried to prove her acting chops to make people forget about the celebrity part of her career. She recently starred in the critically acclaimed film "The Illusionist" (2006) with Edward Norton.
"After that film, I felt like, 'OK, so you can do this! Check it out! Take me seriously and please respect me because I'm not going to give up doing interesting things.'
"I'm going to do this as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business," she says.
Source: http://movies.yahoo.com
She laughs and says, "I would love to play the girl next door. I also want to be the funny girl on the big screen. I'd like to do Jennifer Aniston-type of stuff or something serious where I don't have to be beautiful.
"I don't want people to put me on a pedestal," she says. "I've read articles about 'her luscious feet and toes.' I'll sit there and think, 'What?' It can be really embarrassing.
"My friends also give me a lot of crap about those type of stories."
She says her brother is the worst.
"My brother is 21 and he's like, 'Whatever. You're not hot.'"
Biel, 25, is hot when it comes to moving up to the A-list. She stars in "Next" (opening Friday) with Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore in a story about a man who can see into the future.
"Nic plays this man who has precognitive abilities and he can see into his own future -- but only two minutes into it. He gets involved with the FBI who are after him," Biel previews during a phone interview. "Meanwhile, there is a terrorist attack that's going to occur, but the government doesn't have any information. The FBI wants to basically use Nic as a guinea pig to save L.A."
Biel plays against type in her role.
"I play a teacher who is just a normal person wrapped up in this crazy world because Nic's character keeps seeing the face of this woman," she says "Whenever he sees certain things, he can see way farther into the future. At the same time, he doesn't understand who I am and he doesn't know why his powers are stronger when he's around me."
Biel says the role is a good way to show another side of her sexy image seen in the pages of magazines.
"When I first started getting all of these sexiest women things like an Esquire cover, I was flattered and honored. I was also a little shocked at the whole thing," she says. "I also thought, 'Oh this is going to be great. I'm going to get so many jobs from this.' But that wasn't really the case.
"It wasn't a negative at all, but being called the sexiest woman is kind of an unattainable sort of label."
Biel has tried to prove her acting chops to make people forget about the celebrity part of her career. She recently starred in the critically acclaimed film "The Illusionist" (2006) with Edward Norton.
"After that film, I felt like, 'OK, so you can do this! Check it out! Take me seriously and please respect me because I'm not going to give up doing interesting things.'
"I'm going to do this as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business," she says.
Source: http://movies.yahoo.com
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