Eva Mendes Quotes - Page 3

I listen to [customers] and we make adjustments because we pretty much average a collection every six weeks. We're constantly taking everything in and taking notes.

Meditation really helps create not only a sense of balance... but serenity and kind of a calm state of mind.

I do like to belong to a man.

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.

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

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

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."

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

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.

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.

It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs.

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

I wish writing was a talent that I had. I've tried. Unfortunately, I'm just not talented in the writing department. But, if I was, I would just write complicated roles for women because there's a lack of them.

I have to be a little bit guarded, because I can be very open and I like to include people, but then again I have to remind myself to be careful.

I'm really loving and open at the same time.

I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well. 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

I love a loose-fitting skirt with a cinched waist. A feminine silhouette is a no-stress zone - it's comfortable and I don't have to worry about wardrobe malfunctions!

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.

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