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 More Quotes by Eva Mendes More Quotes From Eva Mendes I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor. Eva Mendes fast-food actors struggle 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 cute moving thinking 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." Eva Mendes tables bread people Since I begrudgingly started my Instagram account and my social media exposure/connection. I say begrudgingly because I just didn't want to take the plunge, but when I realized it was just a direct connection to our customer and these women, I did it. I like listening to their stories and their feedback. Eva Mendes connections media listening 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 awkward want way I don't come from a wealthy or privileged background, and growing up I was always looking for the best quality at a price I could afford. My love of vintage is rooted in that. Drugstores were the mecca for the latest makeup trends and products. Eva Mendes vintage makeup growing-up 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 drug acting people The biographies are very enlightening because you realise, "Oh my God, all these people I’ve admired - and tried to emulate even - when I was younger died tragically from substance abuse. Eva Mendes abuse substance people I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights. Eva Mendes acting taken class It's the scariest thing in the world, going to acting class, because first of all, there's a lot of pressure. I just go back to being that fourth grader who couldn't, like, sit still in her seat. Eva Mendes acting class world 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 acting class fun 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 roles different opportunity 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 inspiration spiritual thinking I like the idea of playing a historical detective. Eva Mendes detectives historical ideas 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 mind men 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 heart cute thinking I'm drawn to a lot of tragedies, and I love a Greek tragedy.But I would think - I start thinking realistically about it, and performing eight days a week, that would take a toll. I take things to heart. I don't know if I could survive, like, "Medea." Eva Mendes eight heart thinking I think it would be so fun to do some kind of comedy, something - I'm not exactly sure, but something like I just did Moliere's "Tartuffe" in class, and wow, what a stretch. Why go to classes? I get to play in Moliere's "Tartuffe," and I could never - nobody would ever think that they would be, I'd be right for that. Eva Mendes class fun thinking The careers that I admire and actually try to emulate are those of Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. Those women, to me, make amazing choices. They're sexy, beautiful women, but that doesn't dictate their choices. Eva Mendes sexy careers beautiful 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. Eva Mendes mother play thinking
