Top 80 Eva Mendes Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “My acting coach breaks down what happens to people’s bodies when they do drugs. She breaks down what happens physiologically to you.”

— Eva Mendes

52. “Maybe something that’s acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.”

— Eva Mendes

53. “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.””

— Eva Mendes

54. “I’ve learned that it’s way harder to be a baby. Everything is a struggle for her. For instance, I haven’t thrown up since the ’90s and she’s thrown up twice since we started this interview. Motherhood is cake compared to what it’s like to be a baby.”

— Eva Mendes

55. “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

56. “I love the little suckers; they’re so cute but I love sleep so much and I worry about everything.”

— Eva Mendes

57. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

58. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

59. “I like the idea of playing a historical detective.”

— Eva Mendes

60. “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

61. “You’re going from audition to audition, changing in the backseat, and all that fun stuff that’s great to do at one time in your life. That’s when the 49-cent taco, as disgusting as it is, really plays into your day. It really helps you out.”

— Eva Mendes

62. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

63. “I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.”

— Eva Mendes

64. “I’ve never had a problem with nudity, but I don’t put it out there without a reason.”

— Eva Mendes

65. “Personally, I think wearing a baby chinchilla says, ‘I’m ignorant.’”

— Eva Mendes

66. “I’m a trained actress and I can do it, but I think that you have to prove yourself.”

— Eva Mendes

67. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

68. “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

69. “I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity.”

— Eva Mendes

70. “I feel I’ll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.”

— Eva Mendes

71. “But I’ve never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.”

— Eva Mendes

72. “I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.”

— Eva Mendes

73. “I’m an actress. To be honest, it’s a very awkward business. It’s one of those things where it’s almost like a first date. There’s a way you want to come across. You want to show your goods. The truth starts to slip out sometimes.”

— Eva Mendes

74. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

75. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

76. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

77. “I think now we just know way too much about our celebrities. It’s not that interesting when you know that much about people.”

— Eva Mendes

78. “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

79. “That’s the beauty of being an actress, is that you hopefully get to have different roles and really stretch yourself. This is really what I’ve been working for a while. I’ve been in the business for a minute, and it’s an opportunity like this that I’ve been really working towards.”

— Eva Mendes

80. “I still go to acting class. I love the craft. It’s just so much fun for me, and I’m always a student.”

— Eva Mendes

81. “I want my mother to think – she’s a tough fashion critic.”

— Eva Mendes

82. “What’s interesting is that my style is a lot crazier than what I project out there. It’s a lot edgier.”

— Eva Mendes

83. “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

84. “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.”

— Eva Mendes

85. “I read a lot of scripts. I believe you’ve got to read one that you know you’re not going to do, because you’ve got to educate yourself on what’s out there to make the best decision for you.”

— Eva Mendes

86. “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

87. “I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat.”

— Eva Mendes

88. “When I first went to Europe, I thought I was going to move there. I was making plans to move to the south of Spain. It’s such a cute, innocent thought. I think we all go through it.”

— Eva Mendes

89. “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