(USA TODAY) -- Whatever Jennifer Lopez is having, we'll take double. Actually, make that triple.

The mom of twins Max and Emme, 4, is stunning in person. She's clad in a miniskirt and thigh-high Christian Louboutin boots, on an incredibly frigid morning in Manhattan.

Lopez, in town to promote the heist thriller Parker, is sweet and chatty. A few highlights from our morning conversation:

On playing a bankrupt divorcee in the movie: "What I needed in that moment was (to know) that it all gets better. You just have to hang in there. It gets better. When (director Taylor Hackford) first called me (about the role), I wasn't thinking about divorce at all. Suddenly it happened and my whole world fell apart and then I had this therapy of this character. Everything happens for a reason. It's true. It actually is true."

On her boyfriend, Casper Smart: "He's a nice person. My life is really good right now. I'm at a point where I'm able to make decisions based on what I really want to do. I'm making decisions based on what I feel, which is never wrong no matter what the outcome is."

On her split from singer Marc Anthony: "When I did the movie, I had just decided to get divorced myself. I felt in that low place. It was the worst time in my life, as well. (Emme and Max) didn't know anything. They're starting to figure it out now, a year and a half later. They were just 3 at the time."

On what's next for her: "Movies. I'm going to focus on films right now. I'm working on a new album but I feel like I have more time on that. I might do a Christmas album. This is going to be my 10th album. It has to be great or I'm not putting it out. I'm never not working on music."

Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY