Jennifer Garner gets candid about her career longevity: 'I can't believe I'm still here'

Just when you think Jennifer Garner has maxed out on the endearment scale, the Golden Globe-winning actress takes it up yet another notch.

In a new The Hollywood Reporter profile, in which writer Lacey Rose detailed perfect strangers approaching Garner as if they just forgot to tell an old friend something, Garner admitted that she thought her family-first attitude would have cost her her career by now. 

"It's a very hungry, greedy career and a very unforgiving one," the 48-year-old mother of three said, "and for someone who has chosen family way more often than I probably should have, I can't believe I'm still here."

Garner also reflected on her nuanced and storied relationship with fellow A-list actor Ben Affleck—also the father to her children. The couple married in 2005, then announced their split in 2015. "When our kids get married, we'll dance, I know that now," Garner said, reflecting on how she and Affleck approach their kids about tabloid coverage with transparency. "We'll boogaloo and have a great time. I don't worry about that anymore."