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
Because celebrities' lives are so visible, I think it makes it look lighter than it is.
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 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 really like nice forearms - nice strong hands and forearms. I love that because then they can wear a watch really well.
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 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'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.
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.
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 think it's so hypocritical to be so anti-nudity in films, and be so pro-violence. I'd rather see two people making love, than somebody being done in. Or being shot and getting their head blown off.
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.
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 talk about therapy a lot because I love therapy. It has just enriched my life.
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.