Jennifer Lopez

Lopez argues that people are capable of real change, citing her own experience.

“I really do believe people are capable of change because I've experienced it”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 44:51

Lopez says that after her last divorce she canceled her tour to confront her own role in her problems.

“And after my last divorce, I just sat there and I was like, I canceled my Torah and I sat there”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 41:56

Lopez says that with her children leaving for college she intends to choose her projects deliberately.

“I want to be very intentional about what I do over these next four or five years”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 36:14

Lopez says her small role in My Family convinced the industry she was a serious actress.

“with that piece of tape, people were like, oh, She can act. She's an actress”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 30:38

Lopez attributes her work ethic to childhood athletics, starting with track at age eight or nine.

“I started running track when I was, you know, eight or nine years old and I was practicing every day”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 16:00

Lopez praises Brett Goldstein's writing on Office Romance for pairing hard jokes with wholesomeness.

“His brand of like writing where it's like really kind of hard jokes, but with this wholesomeness at the end of the day”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 58:30

Lopez says music video budgets have collapsed from millions of dollars to roughly $75,000–$100,000 in the streaming era.

“Like when I started, they'd spend millions of dollars on videos, like a million dollars, two million dollars for big budget videos”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 53:42

Lopez says her new dance single reached number one after she performed it at Coachella.

“I had a new record out called Save Me Tonight. And I went and I performed it at Coachella. And after that, like went to number one”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 52:23

Lopez credits rapper Heavy D, who called her Jenny Lo, with inspiring the J-Lo name and album title.

“he just always used to call me Jenny Lo. He's like, J-Lo, J-Lo, Jenny Lo”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 28:22

Lopez recounts that she collapsed from exhaustion on the Enough set after working 98 consecutive days.

“I remember not clocking that I had worked like, 98 days in a row without taking a day off”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 23:58

Lopez says realizing she had permanently lost her anonymity after Selena triggered her panic attacks.

“i think in my mind i thought you can't get that back that's something that's lost forever and i remember that's when i started having panic attacks”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 22:34

Lopez says an employee's remark gave her a lasting sense of responsibility to behave well as a role model.

“And it gave me a feeling of responsibility to do things right all the time”

SmartLess: "Jennifer Lopez" (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 15:46