Jennifer Garner was shocked to be called pretty in college.
The 42-year-old actress admitted as much in an interview for the March issue of Southern Living. Garner spoke to the magazine with mother Patricia and sisters Melissa and Susannah, and said her family emphasized humility over beauty growing up.
"What my mom did that I valued so much was to not place beauty high on the list of priorities," she shared after revealing she and her sisters didn't wear makeup as teens. "It was a shock when I got to college to hear people say I was pretty."
"I feel so fortunate to have grown up in a place where people look out for each other," she reflected of her hometown of Charleston, W. Va. "It's really important for my kids to see that everyone doesn't have the lives they see in Los Angeles."
Garner and actor Ben Affleck married in June 2005, and have three children, daughters Violet and Seraphina and son Samuel. The actress last appeared in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, and will star with Al Pacino in Danny Collins, out April 2.