Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes
Eva de la Caridad Méndezis an American actress and model. She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terrorand Urban Legends: Final Cut, she made a career-changing appearance in Training Day. Since then she has co-starred in movies including All About The Benjamins, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Ghost Rider, We Own the Night, Stuck on You, Hitch and The Other Guys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 March 1974
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.
But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.
I love sleeping. If there was an Olympics for it, I'd take gold. I'm Cuban. We love to sleep.
We seem okay with violence, but nudity we race to criticize and censor.
I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.
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.
I might act like it's an accident but the opposite is true. I'm incredibly calculated when it comes to my career
I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.
Yet in the celebrity-obsessed culture, where everything of you is a shot on the red carpet, I don't want that to dominate my image. First and foremost, I am an actor. I want great roles.
I talk about therapy a lot because I love therapy. It has just enriched my life.
I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights.
I think we are living in pretty scary times and people are looking for inspiration and are also more open to the spiritual possibilities.
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'm proud of people who have the determination and the fearlessness to actually go and face their demons and get better.