Jessica Alba has admitted that she almost gave up her acting career after being criticised by Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer director Tim Story.
In an interview with Elle magazine, Alba revealed that she reacted badly when the filmmaker chided her performance during a highly emotional scene.
"[The director told me] 'It looks too real. It looks too painful. Can you be prettier when you cry? Cry pretty, Jessica.' He was like, 'Don't do that thing with your face. Just make it flat. We can CGI the tears in.'" she said.
The star continued: "I'm like, 'but there's no connection to a human being'. And then it all got me thinking: 'Am I not good enough? Are my instincts and my emotions not good enough? Do people hate them so much that they don't want me to be a person? Am I not allowed to be a person in my work?' And so I just said, 'F**k it - I don't care about this business anymore.'"
The actress also suggested that some of her films have not succeeded at the box office because she has often worked with "first-time directors".
It was previously reported that Alba considers Angelina Jolie to be a role model.
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