Jessica Alba has confessed that she never wanted to get married as she had no faith in the institution.

The Sin City star, who had a quiet wedding with Cash Warren in 2008, said that she had a hard time agreeing to the marriage.

“I had a hard time agreeing with marriage at all because I feel like its been warped. Originally, it was two families coming together to make a stronger family. It was about survival – not love or soul mates,” Contactmusic quoted her telling Cosmopolitan magazine.

“There’s this mentality that you need the big dress and the big day – the day every girl gets to be a princess. I didn’t agree with any of that,” she added.

A reluctant Alba married Warren just weeks before giving birth to their daughter Honor Marie, and never wanted the union to go public.

“I chose to get married because, essentially, you’re given a deck of cards in life. The hand you were dealt with is your family and you can’t choose them.”