Top 134 Quotes & Sayings by Eva Mendes

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

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

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

'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.'

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

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

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

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

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv.

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

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

I do like to belong to a man.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Actors used to carry films because people would have to actually go to the movies to see them. It was the only place. But now there's none of that mystique, and so there's less of a reason to buy a ticket.

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

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.

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.

When I've been open and accepting of where I am, things start opening up.

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

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

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

Rejection is good for the soul.

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 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.

There's something very romantic to me about people who persevere, and who get told "no, no, no" on a daily basis, and still do it anyway.

Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting.

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

I don't cook. I respect food too much.

I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or a drug dealer. We're no longer just that. I'll play any part that challenges me. What's important is that all races have choices.

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 am a man with an open mind. I really don't know anything, but I'm very interested in the spiritual and the material.

If you took me to Coachella for our first date, it would probably be a done deal. It would be a sure thing.

I'm proud of people who have the determination and the fearlessness to actually go and face their demons and get better.

Once you stay open, it's incredible what starts unfolding.

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 that, when you play a mother, whether you play a bad mother or a not so great mother or an amazing mother, being a mother is already so complicated. It's already three-dimensional, automatically, no matter what the role is, because you're playing a mother.

I love constructive criticism.

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."

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

I love being naked. I do everything in the nude, even the gardening! We're Cuban, and it's a hot island. Why not?

I have a cosmetics line in Walgreens. It's exclusively at Walgreens. It's called Circa and it's basically prestige cosmetics that are at drug-store prices.