Jessica Biel has been feeling particularly fearless these days. "My latest thing is that I want to do everything that scares me," she says after ordering an egg, ham, and cheese sanwits with fries at a chic hotel in Santa Monica, California (a meal, it should be noted, that would induce panic in most other Hollywood starlets). The Colorado-raised 25-year-old recently got up the guts to go skydiving and conquered her fear of pag-awit in public sa pamamagitan ng belting out "Endless Love" at a piano bar in Paris. She is even thinking about traveling to Africa or Vietnam -- all sa pamamagitan ng herself.
Taking risks has been paying off professionally too. She recently took on dramatic roles in the Iraq war film Home of the Brave and the highly acclaimed turn-of-the-century magician flick The Illusionist opposite Ed Norton and Paul Giamatti, a part she acknowledges she had to vie pretty hard for. "I don't give up easily," she says proudly. "Sometimes, you have to put yourself on the line when you want something and just hope that you don't get laughed at."
This month, getting people to crack up will be a sign of a job well done. In her new movie, the comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Jessica portrays a gay-rights attorney who ends up falling for her client, played sa pamamagitan ng Adam Sandler, who is pretending to be coupled up with Kevin Jame's character to receive domestic-partner benefits. "Finally, I get to play the goofy outgoing girl, which is much madami my real personality," she says. Case in point: She and her group of girlfriends have a tradition of getting dressed up in crazy '70s clothes and neon wigs and going roller-skating at a Los Angeles rink. The other night, they even donned the wigs to stay in and play board games. "I am just not this aloof and sexy woman," she says.
Not sexy? There are maybe, oh, several million men who would disagree with that statement...starting with Derek Jeter (they were photographed frolicking on a tabing-dagat in Puerto Rico this past winter), Justin Timberlake (they famously flirted at a Golden Globes after-party), and her Blade: Trinity costar Ryan Reynolds (they reportedly took their close friendship to a new level this past spring).
Jessica waves off this laundry listahan of alleged boyfriends. In fact, she hasn't revealed anything about her pag-ibig life since splitting from her on-again, off-again boyfriend of five years, actor Chris Evans, last summer. "No matter where i go or who I see, we get linked together. All of a sudden, I'm supposedly dating someone I might have known for 10 years...or even my cousin," she says. "I don't feel the need to settle down right now. And if I do meet somebody, I don't feel the need for the paperwork of marriage. A verbal agreement is enough."
Perhaps the only thing madami buzzed about than her romantic interludes is her rocking body. Today, dressed in a navy Mayle blouse, True Religion skinny jeans, and a pair of white Roger Vivier pumps(a splurge from that kamakailan trip to Paris), it's easy to see what all the hype is about. She's curvy and super fit at the same time and not the least bit interested in being as bone-thin as some of her famous peers. "There is so much pressure to look a certain way in this town," she explains. "But it's nice to have a little meat on you, and I hope that I inspire women to appreciate their muscular calves,"
That's not to say Jessica doesn't work hard at looking good. To maintain her buff physique, she does yoga, walks her dog, Tina(a pit-bull-mix breed); hits the gym three to four times a week; and plays volleyball with mga kaibigan on the weekends during the summer. But when she's not training for a film, the down-to-earth beauty doesn't restrict her diet. She has a rapidly disappearing pile of french fries to prove it.
8 Things You Didn't Know About Jessica...Until Now
She is of Choctaw American Indian, English, French, and German heritage.
Her pagkain weaknesses are dark tsokolate and pasta.
She admits that her worst habit is she cannot stop biting her nails.
In 2004, she co-founded the Make the Difference Network (MTDN.com), a Website that hooks people up with nonprofit organizations.
Her first pagganap job was a Pringles commercial, but she got her big break after being discovered at a modeling competition at age 11.
She doesn't know how to make coffee.
She recently took pagkuha ng larawan class and is getting her shots of Cambodia framed to hang in her house.
She owns a cabin in Colorado and says it's her paborito place in the world.
Taking risks has been paying off professionally too. She recently took on dramatic roles in the Iraq war film Home of the Brave and the highly acclaimed turn-of-the-century magician flick The Illusionist opposite Ed Norton and Paul Giamatti, a part she acknowledges she had to vie pretty hard for. "I don't give up easily," she says proudly. "Sometimes, you have to put yourself on the line when you want something and just hope that you don't get laughed at."
This month, getting people to crack up will be a sign of a job well done. In her new movie, the comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Jessica portrays a gay-rights attorney who ends up falling for her client, played sa pamamagitan ng Adam Sandler, who is pretending to be coupled up with Kevin Jame's character to receive domestic-partner benefits. "Finally, I get to play the goofy outgoing girl, which is much madami my real personality," she says. Case in point: She and her group of girlfriends have a tradition of getting dressed up in crazy '70s clothes and neon wigs and going roller-skating at a Los Angeles rink. The other night, they even donned the wigs to stay in and play board games. "I am just not this aloof and sexy woman," she says.
Not sexy? There are maybe, oh, several million men who would disagree with that statement...starting with Derek Jeter (they were photographed frolicking on a tabing-dagat in Puerto Rico this past winter), Justin Timberlake (they famously flirted at a Golden Globes after-party), and her Blade: Trinity costar Ryan Reynolds (they reportedly took their close friendship to a new level this past spring).
Jessica waves off this laundry listahan of alleged boyfriends. In fact, she hasn't revealed anything about her pag-ibig life since splitting from her on-again, off-again boyfriend of five years, actor Chris Evans, last summer. "No matter where i go or who I see, we get linked together. All of a sudden, I'm supposedly dating someone I might have known for 10 years...or even my cousin," she says. "I don't feel the need to settle down right now. And if I do meet somebody, I don't feel the need for the paperwork of marriage. A verbal agreement is enough."
Perhaps the only thing madami buzzed about than her romantic interludes is her rocking body. Today, dressed in a navy Mayle blouse, True Religion skinny jeans, and a pair of white Roger Vivier pumps(a splurge from that kamakailan trip to Paris), it's easy to see what all the hype is about. She's curvy and super fit at the same time and not the least bit interested in being as bone-thin as some of her famous peers. "There is so much pressure to look a certain way in this town," she explains. "But it's nice to have a little meat on you, and I hope that I inspire women to appreciate their muscular calves,"
That's not to say Jessica doesn't work hard at looking good. To maintain her buff physique, she does yoga, walks her dog, Tina(a pit-bull-mix breed); hits the gym three to four times a week; and plays volleyball with mga kaibigan on the weekends during the summer. But when she's not training for a film, the down-to-earth beauty doesn't restrict her diet. She has a rapidly disappearing pile of french fries to prove it.
8 Things You Didn't Know About Jessica...Until Now
She is of Choctaw American Indian, English, French, and German heritage.
Her pagkain weaknesses are dark tsokolate and pasta.
She admits that her worst habit is she cannot stop biting her nails.
In 2004, she co-founded the Make the Difference Network (MTDN.com), a Website that hooks people up with nonprofit organizations.
Her first pagganap job was a Pringles commercial, but she got her big break after being discovered at a modeling competition at age 11.
She doesn't know how to make coffee.
She recently took pagkuha ng larawan class and is getting her shots of Cambodia framed to hang in her house.
She owns a cabin in Colorado and says it's her paborito place in the world.