Eva Mendes is Maxim Magazine February 2007’s cover girl! Here are some highlights from Eva’s interview with Maxim:
On
gal pal Cameron Diaz: “I love Cameron. If I were a guy I’d ask Cameron
to marry me. She’s got the greatest spirit, and she has the cutest,
tightest butt. Her butt is so cute I can’t take it.”
On the
toughness that comes across in most of her on-screen characters: “In
real life I’m not tough. I’m more of a cuddle bug than a tough sex
goddess. I may look like a bad girl, but I’m just built that way. I’m
actually a good girl.”
On working with Hollywood’s leading
men:”I’ve been lucky. All the guys I’ve worked opposite are amazing.
I’d be blind as a bat not to have chemistry with Johnny Depp, Will
Smith and Denzel Washington.”
On selling her soul to the
devil: “I feel like I sell my soul a little bit every day in the
business. It’s a barter system. You take certain role you don’t want on
the assumption that it will pay off somewhere down the line.”
On
how she kept her energy up on set: “I had a Red Bull problem. I was up
to seven a day. Red Bull wanted to send me a mini-fridge. I was like,
“No!” It’s like giving a crack addict free crack.”
On being
more voluptuous for the role of Roxanne in “Ghostrider”:“I wanted to
make comic book fans happy. The original Roxanne was blonde and
blue-eyed, but she also had huge bajoongas. If I gain weight it goes to
my boobs and my butt. I figured since I can’t be blonde and blue-eyed,
I’ll at least have her bra size. So the bajoongas got big. They were
out of control.
On not being obsessed with her weight: “I
don’t complain about gaining weight. It was actually fun. I love my
body. I believe in cherishing myself as a woman. But I don’t’ want to
come off like I’m this totally in-control person, because I’m
definitely not.”
On one of her flaws:“I’m not the sharpest
tool in the shed. I like a man to be smarter than me so I can learn
from him. I like a superintellectual with an edge. Having an edge means
not always abiding by the rules. I like a little danger. A little
mischief.”
Check out Eva and her bajoongas in the February issue of
Maxim, on stands January 13.