Eva Mendes Quotes

I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or a drug dealer. We're no longer just that. I'll play any part that challenges me. What's important is that all races have choices.

I like a mysterious man. I like a man who reads and is knowledgeable about the world, but who doesn't have to brag about it.

When I first went to Europe, I thought I was going to move there. I was making plans to move to the south of Spain. It's such a cute, innocent thought. I think we all go through it.

I'm proud of people who have the determination and the fearlessness to actually go and face their demons and get better.

I wish writing was a talent that I had. I've tried. Unfortunately, I'm just not talented in the writing department. But, if I was, I would just write complicated roles for women because there's a lack of them.

My acting coach breaks down what happens to people's bodies when they do drugs. She breaks down what happens physiologically to you.

I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it's a dichotomy.

I've been with the same person for a very long time but I'm just non-conventional in that way. I don't think people need to be married. I think a lot of people need that piece of paper, but I don't think everybody needs that to feel secure.

I might act like it's an accident but the opposite is true. I'm incredibly calculated when it comes to my career.

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not.

Being sexy is just one component. It's not a thing I am. It's a thing I can be. It's a side of myself I can tap into, just like I can tap into my funny side, my quirky side or my dramatic side. It's not what I am.

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

I read a lot of scripts. I believe you've got to read one that you know you're not going to do, because you've got to educate yourself on what's out there to make the best decision for you.

Well I'm a 5 year old at heart; I still think that there is a monster under my bed - and I'm not joking. It's pathetic, it's really not cute.

If you took me to Coachella for our first date, it would probably be a done deal. It would be a sure thing.

What makes it frustrating is when a director or a studio head doesn't see me for the same part that they'll see, let's say, Drew Barrymore for. Drew's a great friend of mine. But it's like, "No, we want more of an American type of girl."

I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat.

I hope to never stop growing. I hope that with every role I play, I keep adding layers to my craft. I love acting and I study religiously with my coach.

I make conscious decisions to stay out of the limelight. Without my make-up I'm pretty much the girl next door.

I am a man with an open mind. I really don't know anything, but I'm very interested in the spiritual and the material.

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.

I always see something for sure one time and then I make myself see it a second time. The second time is like, 'Okay, I'm not that bad. I'm not that horrible.' But the first time I just think I'm god-awful.

I don't come from a wealthy or privileged background, and growing up I was always looking for the best quality at a price I could afford. My love of vintage is rooted in that. Drugstores were the mecca for the latest makeup trends and products.

I love sleeping. If there was an Olympics for it, I'd take gold. I'm Cuban. We love to sleep.

I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.

Actors used to carry films because people would have to actually go to the movies to see them. It was the only place. But now there's none of that mystique, and so there's less of a reason to buy a ticket.

I do everything I watch, whether it's like a big comic book film that I've done or something very serious and raw.I do have that initial feeling like I'm the worst, this is awful, my work is - I've let everybody down. I definitely have that.

I come from a family and a heritage where you don't really go to therapy unless you're crazy. I want people to know that that's so not the case. It's enriching, and I've learned this new tool.

I've learned that it's way harder to be a baby. Everything is a struggle for her. For instance, I haven't thrown up since the '90s and she's thrown up twice since we started this interview. Motherhood is cake compared to what it's like to be a baby.

Rejection is good for the soul.

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.

The careers that I admire and actually try to emulate are those of Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. Those women, to me, make amazing choices. They're sexy, beautiful women, but that doesn't dictate their choices.

The biographies are very enlightening because you realise, Oh my God, all these people I've admired - and tried to emulate even - when I was younger died tragically from substance abuse.

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of my career does.

A shimmery bronzer is the perfect way to look alive. If you don't want to wear makeup, mix some with moisturizer. You'll look pretty but not made-up.

It's the scariest thing in the world, going to acting class, because first of all, there's a lot of pressure. I just go back to being that fourth grader who couldn't, like, sit still in her seat.

I think we are living in pretty scary times and people are looking for inspiration and are also more open to the spiritual possibilities.

It's important for me to work with a strong director because I know I can go to some really deep places, I just need direction on how to get there.

I've never had a problem with nudity, but I don't put it out there without a reason.

You're going from audition to audition, changing in the backseat, and all that fun stuff that's great to do at one time in your life. That's when the 49-cent taco, as disgusting as it is, really plays into your day. It really helps you out.

The celebrity world can be so ugly. Everyone seems to have slept with everyone else and it's some sort of strange weird cycle. I don't want to get into that.

I love the little suckers; they're so cute but I love sleep so much and I worry about everything.

We see everything. We see what celebrities buy at the supermarket. It's ridiculous. It's that visibility. I'm confused by this whole celebrity-obsessed culture.

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.

I love my curves and I embrace them.

It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs

People are incapable of stereotyping you; you stereotype yourself because you're the one who accepts roles that put you in this rut or in this stereotype.

I'm drawn to look tough. The arched eyebrows are just there - I don't do them like that. I have strong features, but I wish I could be tougher.

Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv.

I like the idea of playing a historical detective.

I love being naked. I do everything in the nude, even the gardening! We're Cuban, and it's a hot island. Why not go nude?

You can't do sweatpants ... ladies, number one cause of divorce in America, sweatpants, no!

I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.

We shouldn't dwell on what is 'perfect.' We should celebrate our uniqueness.

I liked the monsters, I liked them because I couldn't understand how something so scary could also be so good. It got me thinking as a very early age, and I had a lot of rehearsal.

I'm an actress. To be honest, it's a very awkward business. It's one of those things where it's almost like a first date. There's a way you want to come across. You want to show your goods. The truth starts to slip out sometimes.

I have full faith in people. I think that we have the ability to change. We're habitual creatures. Once we figure out that bad habit and identify it, whether it's behavioral or whatever it may be, we change our habits. Obviously, I'm simplifying it and making it sound very easy to do, and we all know it's very difficult, but it's doable.

It's tapping into something so deep that when I reap the rewards, I do not even know I'm reaping them. It's a more overall kinda thing.

I talk about therapy a lot because I love therapy. It has just enriched my life.

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well.

That's the beauty of being an actress, is that you hopefully get to have different roles and really stretch yourself. This is really what I've been working for a while. I've been in the business for a minute, and it's an opportunity like this that I've been really working towards.

I wanted to go into art history. Acting fell into my lap when a neighbor took pictures of me and showed them to an agent.

When the bread basket comes to the table and I have a bite, people are like, "Oh, you eat bread?" I say, "Oh, my God, of course I eat bread. I'm human."

I love it, but it's not important to me to always be thought of as sexy. I like it when it doesn't limit my career. It's a part of my life, but on a secondary plane.

I do think once I get into expectations, I've just trained myself. I've just trained myself to just move on to the next.

I really like nice forearms - nice strong hands and forearms. I love that because then they can wear a watch really well.

It's challenging being a woman. There are other kinds of obstacles that come your way, but there are many times that being Latin has actually helped me, being a Cuban-American has helped me.

When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth.