A growing interest in Latin American film and TV talent during the 1990s helped propel actress Eva Mendes... (Learn more)
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"I think now we just know way too much about our celebrities. It's not that interesting when you know that much about people. I have no ego about me. It's just better for you not to know, because it really does make me a better actor at the end of the day. You're not going into the movie with all these specifics about me." - Mendes on keeping her personal life private to Interview Magazine, August 2008
"Latin is the new flavor of the month, and it's now more acceptable, by Hollywood standards, to pair a Latin woman and a black male. I do not agree with this, but in Hollywood logic, to pair a black woman and a black male makes a black movie. A white woman and a black male becomes a little controversial. It's much more acceptable to have a Latin woman with a black male. And I think that's what's going on with me." - Mendes quoted in The Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2003
"Whether you hate me or love me, I'm different. I'm not your average chick." - Mendes to GQ, June 2003
I'd much rather be fully naked in a scene than have to simulate sex with someone," says Mendes. "Even kissing is really intimate." - Mendes quoted in Premiere, February 2005
On Jan. 31, 2008, Eva Mendes checked into a rehab facility in Utah to battle a substance abuse problem.
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