Lopez Doesn't Seek Attention

JENNIFER LOPEZ insists her purpose in life is to win acclaim as a star of music and movies, not dominating gossip magazine covers across the world.

The JENNY FROM THE BLOCK singer has learned from mixed receptions she has received in the media, but hasn't let the media frenzy that surrounded her failed relationship with BEN AFFLECK and marriage to MARC ANTHONY alter her outlook on life.

J.Lo says, "I've never been on so many magazine covers in my entire life - it was scary. I got into this business to sing and dance, to make music and grow as an artist.

"I love doing what I do and hearing people respond. That's what I do it for. Not for my life to become this front-page weirdness, a territory where you are always going to be picked apart. But I've learned from it.

"One minute they're with you and, all of a sudden, they get angry with you. My work ethic hasn't changed, my personality hasn't changed but I was viewed very differently throughout that time."