107 Notable Quotes By Eva Mendes On Anger, Love, Woman & Temper
Eva Mendes is an American actress and model. Described as one of the most beautiful Latin women, she knows that she has to “walk a fine line between being a respected actor and what they call a sex symbol.” In interviews, she has spoken freely about nudity, giving emphasis on the fact that her sexuality does not actually describe her. Let us look into some of her quotes in which she not only tries to define herself, but also talks about the trend to criticize nudity rather than violence in cinemas. Let us also find what she thinks about marriage, the kind of men she would like to have in her life and her temper.
I love sleeping. If there was an Olympics for it, I'd take gold. I'm Cuban. We love to sleep.
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 love the little suckers; they're so cute. But I love sleep so much, and I worry about everything.
Meditation really helps create not only a sense of balance... but serenity and kind of a calm state of mind.
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.
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.
I think now we just know way too much about our celebrities. It's not that interesting when you know that much about people.
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.
I keep my backstory pretty private and personal.
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.
My acting coach breaks down what happens to people's bodies when they do drugs. She breaks down what happens physiologically to you.
The one thing I never want to do is act drunk or act high. You don’t do it from a mental kind of place because then you’re just acting.
I'm very free with my sexuality, but not everywhere all the time. I pick and choose when I do nudity, and who I do it for when I'm working, and when I'm doing it. I've done nudity twice in a film.
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.
I really like nice forearms - nice strong hands and forearms. I love that because then they can wear a watch really well.
I always see something for sure one time and then I make myself see it a second time. Because second time is like, 'OK, I'm not that bad. I'm not that horrible.' But the first time I just think I'm god-awful.
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 want my mother to think - she's a tough fashion critic.
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 like the idea of playing a historical detective.
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 still go to acting class. I love the craft. It's just so much fun for me, and I'm always a student.
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've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/eva-mendes-112788.jpg)
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.
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.
I think being a woman in Hollywood is a big enough challenge. It really is. I don't want to be one of those people who complain. But the lack of roles out there - it's unbelievable.
What's interesting is that my style is a lot crazier than what I project out there. It's a lot edgier.
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.
Because celebrities' lives are so visible, I think it makes it look lighter than it is.
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.
