Despite ongoing reports about her relationship with Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel believes she is too grounded and leads too much of a normal life for people to have a high professional opinion of her.

“I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress,” she speculated.

When told great actresses can having boring lives but great stars “kick up dust everywhere,” the actress told Vogue magazine: “I don’t do that. Maybe I should do a little bit more of that. A dust kicker-upper might be kind of fun.…”

Jessica also spoke out about posing near-naked shoot for Gear magazine at age 17. Biel admitted she was “terribly embarrassed” about the photos and her parents’ outrage.

“I really wanted to go to college, and it all kind of happened at the same time. I did this photo shoot; the photo shoot came out; it was terribly embarrassing. I had to apologize to everybody, including my parents. It was a big learning experience: learning how to have boundaries and how to say no,” she said.

As a result of her experiences as a child actress, the 27-year-old says she feels protective of younger stars. “I have this overwhelming motherly feeling toward them. Just do what you gotta do, girls! Hold it together! I wish everyone would just leave them alone,” Biel said.