Jennifer Garner talks work, raising Violet and Ben as a father
In the lead up to her new Broadway production,Cyrano de Bergerac, actress Jennifer Garner, 35, has spoken out about her work, marriage and motherhood. Jennifer is married to Ben Affleck, 35, and together they raise daughter, Violet Anne, 22 months next week.
Since shooting The Kingdom, last year Jennifer has had almost a year off to devote time to her both her marriage and daughter.
I did one little two or three-week job in there somewhere and I’ve had meetings and things, but I haven’t had a big job in a long time. [Being a mother] has definitely made me much more selective about what I do. I have to love something so much to be willing to go to work and not be with Violet all day every day, which has just been a joyful experience for me.
Ben, who seems to have been busier with work, still makes time for his family and fatherhood in between his directorial debut for, Gone Baby Gone — but he has also been working a lot from their LA home.
It’s been a lot of juggling, but he was a great dad from the beginning. He gets down on the floor with her and he’s so big he takes up the whole living room. But he’s always playing with her, trying to teach her things.
Since becoming a mother Jennifer has also taken to traditions created by her mother, such as baking, which Violet loves.
Just a few months ago, I had this really strong memory of there always being fresh bread baking at my house when I was a kid. My mum cooked all our meals and sewed all our clothes. I don’t sew Violet’s clothes, but I cook quite a bit and every Saturday I’ve started making wheat bread and adding more and more stuff to it. Violet loves it and it makes me think of myself as a little kid. There are so many things my mum did right and I can never be her, but I do my best.
While Jennifer and Ben co-starred in Pearl Harbor and Daredevil, they aren’t planning on working together any time soon, for one main reason.
Somebody has to raise the kid.
Source: Herald Sun
