Devoted to show business and the entertainment industry

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine, Jennifer Lopez said she's going to retire from show business for some time in order to devote herself to spending as much time with her and husband Marc Anthony's new baby after she gives birth. The baby is due sometime in the spring.

When asked by Harper's how much time she planned on taking off, she answered, "I don't know (how long I will take off), and I like that, because my life has been so planned for so many years.

"Once I did the (recent U.S.) tour, I really just wanted to shut it down, and since then I've had to do three things, including a video. It may not sound like a lot, but you know, at this point, any woman can sympathise. It is a lot. I was ready just to sit."

Jennifer added that she and Marc would be very protective and you aren't going to see the red carpet thing with their child ... "Private when it comes to that stuff."

Lopez also commented on her her husband helping her with the former lifestyle that ended up in the tabloid saying, "Marc is a really private person, and he's been singing onstage since he was really young. He made me realize you can be an artist, and have credibility and success, without your life being on public display 24 hours a day.

"I'm just feeling too protective to open that door right now. It's a Pandora's box. It's a destructive lifestyle to be out there. I know because I've lived it. Being on the cover of the tabloids every day for two years — it's hard. You start forgetting who you really are inside."

She concluded that it is a private experience for her and her husband, and in spite of the interest of people in their baby, it will remain that way for some time.