Eva Mendes's Quotes

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

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

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.

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'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'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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

'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.'

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

I do like to belong to a man.

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

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

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