Jessica Alba has revealed that she has experienced sexual harassment throughout her career.
Speaking to CNN’s Talk Asia the Fantastic Four actress said that she realised "that's the way you were going to be treated" from an early age.
Asked if she had experienced sexual harassment, she said: "Oh yeah, of course I have. Yeah. All the time along the way.
"I don't know, I guess you shouldn't have accepted it, but, as a young actress growing up in the business, you just accepted that that's the way you were going to be treated.
"You could either go this way or that way with it, and do I think I could've gotten some opportunities if I would've done this versus that? Sure, but for me, that's just not something I was comfortable with, frankly... I mean, I've been doing this since I was 12.
"Imagine, imagine what that's like."
Speaking about her personal experiences Alba told host Anna Coren that she wished she had had some more female mentors that could have helped her along the way,
"No-one gave me a handout. No-one gave me an opportunity. I had to fight for it, but it would be nice if I had some people who helped me along the way and I didn't have to fall on my face so much, and it would've been also nice to have more women mentors me and help me along the way."
Alba added that, although there is an awareness about the need for diversity in the film-making industry, she hopes the next decade will usher in more diversity "behind the camera and in front of the camera".
