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Interview with J.Lo

Aired December 12, 2002 - 09:41   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: She is a movie star, and a singer, and to some at least, a style icon. Her new movie "Maid in Manhattan" opens nationwide tomorrow. Her new album, "This is Me Then," is climbing the charts, not bad for a girl who calls herself Jenny from the Block. I sat down with J.Lo and talked about her life and love, too.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: What did you think of the movie?

JENNIFER LOPEZ, ACTRESS/SINGER: I liked it very much. I'm very, I guess,critical when I watch me, and it's hard for me to tell right off the bat I guess, because I'm in it.

HEMMER: Do you find yourself being more critical as you watch it, and say, you know what, said I could have done that better, I could have done that better there, or not?

LOPEZ: I didn't do that so much as I did like do, do I act like that?

(LAUGHTER)

HEMMER: Oh, really.

LOPEZ: It was kind of funny.

HEMMER: What was your conclusion then?

LOPEZ: I think I do.

HEMMER: Yes?

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: How much did you have to say in the script? How much did you have to go into the writers and say, I want this story to go this way?

LOPEZ: It was pretty collaborative, this process. There were a lot of people who were involved creatively. They came to me a lot for guidance on what somebody from this background would think about this, and so I actually had a lot of say in what my character was doing.

HEMMER: How much do you think this storyline reflects your own life? LOPEZ: It's funny, I feel like there is parallels, but at the same time, I feel like we're so different.

HEMMER: Yes?

LOPEZ: But I feel our backgrounds are exactly the same.

HEMMER: Was that intentional?

LOPEZ: When they decided to make a Puerto Rican and from the Bronx.

HEMMER: Two for two?

LOPEZ: There is no way to act like that not me; that is who I am.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LOPEZ: Letting someone believe something is true when it's not is just as much as lie as a lie is.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HEMMER: What more do you want?

LOPEZ: Me? Right now? Oh, tons.

HEMMER: Early 30s -- films, movie, music. What's missing?

LOPEZ: I want to keep doing what I'm doing. If I can do that, then I'll be really happy.

HEMMER: So, listen, what do we make of this? Sexiest man alive?

LOPEZ: I like it.

HEMMER: What do you like about it?

LOPEZ: It's a beautiful cover.

HEMMER: What about him? Not the magazine.

LOPEZ: They picked the right guy, I think.

HEMMER: Does it make you happy?

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: If he were sitting here today what do you think he would say about you, why he likes you?

LOPEZ: I don't know.

HEMMER: Give it a shot? LOPEZ: I don't know, I think he'd say, if I know him, he'd probably say something about me having a big heart or something like that.

HEMMER: What will you say about him?

LOPEZ: The same, just that he's a really great person, a good person, in every sense of the word.

HEMMER: Listen, your relationship is public. And many times it appeared -- this is the monster mash up in Central Park. Do you ever try to conceal that relationship, or do you find it impossible?

LOPEZ: We're not trying to do anything except be two people in love. I mean, we're not trying to do anything; we're just being ourselves.

People catch pictures and they want to publish them -- that's a whole different other animal that we can't control.

HEMMER: There is a part in the movie where you get caught by a photographer, walking through Central Park.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LOPEZ: My God, 11:00 by the tree.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: What?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HEMMER: Is this life imitating art?

LOPEZ: Absolutely is.

HEMMER: I'm not here to be your counselor. But been married twice.

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: Thirty-three now?

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: Any reservations, any apprehension going a third time?

LOPEZ: No, I feel like say that I've been married two times, but I haven't had a marriage yet. So I'm hoping that this time that's what I get.

HEMMER: What do you think you learned from numbers one and two that might help you out now?

LOPEZ: There's a lot more to making a marriage work than just love and caring about someone. It's compromise, and it's support and communication; it's a lot of different things. HEMMER: Valentine's Day?

LOPEZ: What about it?

HEMMER: Is that the day?

LOPEZ: No.

HEMMER: Not going to happen then?

LOPEZ: No.

HEMMER: Listen, do you want to be a mother?

LOPEZ: Of course.

HEMMER: How do you think he'd make as a father?

LOPEZ: He'd be the best.

HEMMER: Yes? It's a good thing to hear and say.

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: Do you get offended when people call you a diva?

LOPEZ: I think it is silly, yes. I think it is.

HEMMER: What would you call yourself?

LOPEZ: Silly.

HEMMER: Yes, silly?

LOPEZ: That, too. I would call myself more than anything passionate and hard working, and things like that. I'd like to think so anyway.

HEMMER: Good luck to you.

LOPEZ: I like to think so, anyway.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired December 12, 2002 - 09:41   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: She is a movie star, and a singer, and to some at least, a style icon. Her new movie "Maid in Manhattan" opens nationwide tomorrow. Her new album, "This is Me Then," is climbing the charts, not bad for a girl who calls herself Jenny from the Block. I sat down with J.Lo and talked about her life and love, too.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: What did you think of the movie?

JENNIFER LOPEZ, ACTRESS/SINGER: I liked it very much. I'm very, I guess,critical when I watch me, and it's hard for me to tell right off the bat I guess, because I'm in it.

HEMMER: Do you find yourself being more critical as you watch it, and say, you know what, said I could have done that better, I could have done that better there, or not?

LOPEZ: I didn't do that so much as I did like do, do I act like that?

(LAUGHTER)

HEMMER: Oh, really.

LOPEZ: It was kind of funny.

HEMMER: What was your conclusion then?

LOPEZ: I think I do.

HEMMER: Yes?

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: How much did you have to say in the script? How much did you have to go into the writers and say, I want this story to go this way?

LOPEZ: It was pretty collaborative, this process. There were a lot of people who were involved creatively. They came to me a lot for guidance on what somebody from this background would think about this, and so I actually had a lot of say in what my character was doing.

HEMMER: How much do you think this storyline reflects your own life? LOPEZ: It's funny, I feel like there is parallels, but at the same time, I feel like we're so different.

HEMMER: Yes?

LOPEZ: But I feel our backgrounds are exactly the same.

HEMMER: Was that intentional?

LOPEZ: When they decided to make a Puerto Rican and from the Bronx.

HEMMER: Two for two?

LOPEZ: There is no way to act like that not me; that is who I am.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LOPEZ: Letting someone believe something is true when it's not is just as much as lie as a lie is.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HEMMER: What more do you want?

LOPEZ: Me? Right now? Oh, tons.

HEMMER: Early 30s -- films, movie, music. What's missing?

LOPEZ: I want to keep doing what I'm doing. If I can do that, then I'll be really happy.

HEMMER: So, listen, what do we make of this? Sexiest man alive?

LOPEZ: I like it.

HEMMER: What do you like about it?

LOPEZ: It's a beautiful cover.

HEMMER: What about him? Not the magazine.

LOPEZ: They picked the right guy, I think.

HEMMER: Does it make you happy?

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: If he were sitting here today what do you think he would say about you, why he likes you?

LOPEZ: I don't know.

HEMMER: Give it a shot? LOPEZ: I don't know, I think he'd say, if I know him, he'd probably say something about me having a big heart or something like that.

HEMMER: What will you say about him?

LOPEZ: The same, just that he's a really great person, a good person, in every sense of the word.

HEMMER: Listen, your relationship is public. And many times it appeared -- this is the monster mash up in Central Park. Do you ever try to conceal that relationship, or do you find it impossible?

LOPEZ: We're not trying to do anything except be two people in love. I mean, we're not trying to do anything; we're just being ourselves.

People catch pictures and they want to publish them -- that's a whole different other animal that we can't control.

HEMMER: There is a part in the movie where you get caught by a photographer, walking through Central Park.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LOPEZ: My God, 11:00 by the tree.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: What?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HEMMER: Is this life imitating art?

LOPEZ: Absolutely is.

HEMMER: I'm not here to be your counselor. But been married twice.

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: Thirty-three now?

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: Any reservations, any apprehension going a third time?

LOPEZ: No, I feel like say that I've been married two times, but I haven't had a marriage yet. So I'm hoping that this time that's what I get.

HEMMER: What do you think you learned from numbers one and two that might help you out now?

LOPEZ: There's a lot more to making a marriage work than just love and caring about someone. It's compromise, and it's support and communication; it's a lot of different things. HEMMER: Valentine's Day?

LOPEZ: What about it?

HEMMER: Is that the day?

LOPEZ: No.

HEMMER: Not going to happen then?

LOPEZ: No.

HEMMER: Listen, do you want to be a mother?

LOPEZ: Of course.

HEMMER: How do you think he'd make as a father?

LOPEZ: He'd be the best.

HEMMER: Yes? It's a good thing to hear and say.

LOPEZ: Yes.

HEMMER: Do you get offended when people call you a diva?

LOPEZ: I think it is silly, yes. I think it is.

HEMMER: What would you call yourself?

LOPEZ: Silly.

HEMMER: Yes, silly?

LOPEZ: That, too. I would call myself more than anything passionate and hard working, and things like that. I'd like to think so anyway.

HEMMER: Good luck to you.

LOPEZ: I like to think so, anyway.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com