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Jessica Alba says being away from her baby daughter Honor Marie is "tough."

"To be honest with you, it's tough – and if it was any other movie I wouldn't be doing it," the actress, 27, says. "It's difficult to spend any time away from her."

"I love my daughter," says the star, "and she's going to be with me every day on the set."
Alba was spotted on the set of her new movie “An Invisible Sign of My Own” in Staten Island, New York City

Jessica plays a school teacher in the film . The drama is about “a young math teacher (Alba) who uses the subject to help her students with their own crises.”