Eva Mendes famous quotes

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#School #Independent #Mind

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Cute #Heart #Thinking

I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat
-- Eva Mendes

#Crazy #Trying #Attention

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Thinking #Scary #Age

I love my curves and I embrace them.
-- Eva Mendes

#Women #Curves #Embrace

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Spiritual #Men #Mind

I like the idea of playing a historical detective.
-- Eva Mendes

#Ideas #Historical #Detectives

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

#Spiritual #Inspiration #Thinking

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.
-- Eva Mendes

#Want #Sexuality

Anchorman' is my favorite movie of all time and Ron Burgundy is one of my favorite characters of all time. It's my 'Gone With the Wind.
-- Eva Mendes

#Anchorman #Character #Wind

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

#Accidents

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

#Cute #Sleep #Worry

I don't like my men to be too ornate. I like them to stand back and let their women shine, and they should really wear the pants in the relationship.
-- Eva Mendes

#Men #Shining #Pants

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

#Fun #Flirting #Makeup

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

#Girl #Doors #Decision

Even if you buy a fur glove with the little trim, and you think 'Oh, my God, it's just a little trim,' that animal got clubbed.
-- Eva Mendes

#Animal #Thinking #Fur

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

#World #Speak #Accents

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

#Scary #Temper #Angry

Meditation really helps create not only a sense of balance... but serenity and kind of a calm state of mind.
-- Eva Mendes

#Meditation #Serenity #Mind

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

#Problem #Nudity #Reason

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

#Sex #Actors #Lines

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Sexy #Ambition #Defining

Rejection is good for the soul.
-- Eva Mendes

#Rejection #Soul

We seem okay with violence, but nudity we race to criticize and censor.
-- Eva Mendes

#Race #Violence #Nudity

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

#Perfect #Celebrate #Should

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Art #Acting #Lap

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

#Lying #Writing #Mean

I do like to belong to a man.
-- Eva Mendes

#Men

I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.
-- Eva Mendes

#Latin #Responsibility #Different

I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there.
-- Eva Mendes

#Art #Honestly

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?
-- Eva Mendes

#Love Is #Islands #Gardening

I don't cook. I respect food too much.
-- Eva Mendes

#Cooking #Too Much #Cooks

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

#Divorce #Numbers #America

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Makeup #Perfect #Looks

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

#Opposites #Careers #Might

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
-- Eva Mendes

#People #Roles #Ruts

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Meditation #Rewards #Reap

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

#Believe #Being A Woman #Celebrate

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

#Men #The End Of The Day #Ends

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Careers #Doe #Matter

I’m actually taking advantage of my time off. You know, I had a film that was pushed, so I’m home spending time with my family, going to the gym and actually enjoying taking care of myself…This year has been great for me because I’ve learned how to relax. The last three years have been amazing but kind of crazy. So I don’t know, I feel grounded. I feel really good.
-- Eva Mendes

#Crazy #Home #Years

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

#Believe #Book #Sexuality

Personally, I think wearing a baby chinchilla says, 'I'm ignorant.'
-- Eva Mendes

#Baby #Thinking #Ignorant

I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity
-- Eva Mendes

#Country #Believe #I Believe

I'm a trained actress and I can do it, but I think that you have to prove yourself
-- Eva Mendes

#Thinking #Actresses #Proving Yourself

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
-- Eva Mendes

#Sexy #Careers #Important

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
-- Eva Mendes

#Thinking #Long #People

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s
-- Eva Mendes

#Teens

I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life
-- Eva Mendes

#Emotional #Talking #Ties

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.
-- Eva Mendes

#Inspirational #Motivational #Healthy