Jessica Alba reveals why she quit acting at her prime

Jessica Alba took a valiant decision of saying goodbye to her acting career at the peak. 

Talking to Romper, the actress revealed the reason behind her decision of quitting acting and pursuing new opportunities of entrepreneurship. 

“My mother had cancer at a really young age, in her early 20s. I grew up with chronic illness. I had five surgeries before I was 11 years old. I had chronic allergies, and I was hospitalized a lot as a child," Alba shared. "I had this real moment of, I want to live, and thrive, and spend as much time with this little person that I'm bringing into the world as possible and stay. So, my health matters. I want this little person to be healthy. And it's really freaking hard to be happy when you don't have your health."

"That's really what motivated me. My motivation was not like, ‘Am I ever going to get hired again?’ Frankly, I was at the top of my career,” added the actress, who is also mother to daughter Haven, 9, and son Hayes, 3. "I couldn't go back to what I was doing before and be authentic. I just couldn't. I didn't care about it the same way."

After giving birth, Alba felt like she needed to do "something bigger."

"I felt like if I was going to have this platform, then what can I do with it that could be meaningful and make a difference?" she explained. "That just felt so real when I became a mom for the first time."