Eva Mendes Quotes
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Knowing when someone's the real deal or not, but still with putting your guard up and self-protecting, you've got to stay open. It comes back to balance.
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I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there.
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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.
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I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.
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The one thing I cannot tolerate in life is seeing people being taken advantage of, I cannot tolerate it; I can't even see it in a movie. That can borderline on abuse and so what I would say is: really know when to put that guard up, and know how to really read people because that will help you along the way.
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When I've been open and accepting of where I am, things start opening up.
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Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.
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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.
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It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs.
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I talk about therapy a lot because I love therapy. It has just enriched my life.
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I do like to belong to a man.
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I'm actually big into meditation, transcendental meditation, and that really helps create not only a sense of balance, but all the other stuff this is gonna sound cliché... serenity and kind of a calm state of mind. And not that I'm like that all the time, but it helps me deal with life's ups and downs, coming from more of a centered place. Also it helps with creativity.
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I've never had a problem with nudity, but I don't put it out there without a reason.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat.
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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.
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I'm very free with my sexuality, but not everywhere all the time. I pick and choose when I do nudity, and who I do it for when I'm working, and when I'm doing it. I've done nudity twice in a film.
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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.
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I really like nice forearms - nice strong hands and forearms. I love that because then they can wear a watch really well.
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I love my curves and I embrace them.
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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.
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People in my inner circle of loved ones - we're tight and I've never misjudged someone as far as I know; I can feel someone's intentions, I know their intentions before they probably are honest enough with themselves to know it, so that's my strength.