Jennifer Garner says the end of her marriage to Ben Affleck forced her to confront a career question she had largely avoided while raising their children, how she was going to support herself over the long term.
During the August 25 episode of Aspire with Emma Grede, Garner said she "panicked" after realizing how far she had stepped back from acting. She began questioning how many working years Hollywood would still give her and whether she had built a career that could provide the financial stability she now needed.
"I have to take care of myself. I have to take care of these kids. So what is it going to be?" Garner recalled thinking, according to Just Jared. Garner and Affleck separated in 2015 after 10 years of marriage and finalized their divorce in 2018.
Her answer was not simply to accept every acting job available. Garner needed work that could coexist with parenting, which meant prioritizing projects near Los Angeles, avoiding long stretches away from home and building another source of income through Once Upon a Farm.
Garner said she and her manager began looking realistically at what kinds of jobs she could accept. "I can work in Los Angeles. I can't leave these kids for six months at a time," she recalled, adding that although she loved going on location, it was not practical during that period of her life.

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