“[When] other actresses who aren’t thought of, maybe, as being quite as attractive do full-frontal, they’re called brave. Nobody has ever said, ‘Eva, you’re so brave for doing full-frontal nudity.’ Just because I’m attractive doesn’t mean it’s not still scary. Why am I not brave?”

Exactly – why isn’t Eva thought of as brave?

And: “I’m definitely responsible for the image that I put out there,” she says. “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 humor to define me as well.”

Source: coverawards.com

At 36, you might expect Eva Mendes to be thinking about starting a family.
But the actress has admitted that she isn’t sure she even wants to become a mother.
‘I’ve never had a longing to have children,’ she said.

The 36-year-old actress told W magazine that she isn’t prudish about being seen without her clothes on.

“I’ve never had a problem with nudity, but I don’t put it out there without a reason. I’m not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I’ll do anything almost. I’ll go there.

“I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being a sex symbol,” she said.

Mendes also admitted to spending a lot of her private time wearing nothing.

“I love being naked. I do everything in the nude, even the gardening! We’re Cuban, and it’s a hot island. Why not go nude?”

Photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Styled by Alex White