Eva Mendes is Alluring

To help promote her new movie, The Spirit (in theatres on Christmas), Eva Mendes did an interview with Allure Magazine. Here are some excerpts:
Eva on the Calvin Klein ads that were banned because they featured a nude Mendes rolling around in the sheets of a bed: “Can you trust me on this one for a second? My nipple — it is soooo not a big deal. You just see the nipple for a split second while I’m rolling around on a bed. That’s it!”

Eva on whether her stunning looks are helping or hurting her Hollywood career: “I’m not one of those actresses who says that because of my good looks I don’t get offered the right things. No! I’m not being offered the things I want because I haven’t shown my ability as an actress.”

Eva on her never-confirmed but highly reported stint in rehab last winter: “Ummmmm … I’m not confirming or denying rehab.”

Eva on her ditzy reputation: “I’m a smart cookie. You can’t do what I do and not be smart. But am I an intellectual? No. And I think that’s what I mean when I say I look for brains in men.”

Wow. Fun, smart, not shy about her body, and no big Hollywood ego…if I already didn’t have my Spanish fly I would be so down for Eva. To think, I didn’t really like her. Thought she was over hyped. My mistake.