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'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.
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 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.
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?
I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there.
I'm a trained actress and I can do it, but I think that you have to prove yourself
I listen to [customers] and we make adjustments because we pretty much average a collection every six weeks. We're constantly taking everything in and taking notes.
I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not.
I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat
I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind.
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."
My acting coach breaks down what happens to people's bodies when they do drugs. She breaks down what happens physiologically to you.
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 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."