Actress Eva Mendes thinks marriage is not as necessary what society makes it out to be, and has called the institution a "very old tradition".
Although the "Last Night" actress has been dating Peruvian filmmaker George Augusto for almost a decade, she has never felt the need to walk down the aisle, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"I just don't think marriage is necessary, as necessary as society makes it. And I don't have a negative point of view on it. I just think it's a very old tradition and if you look back to what marriage symbolises in the first place ... it has nothing to do with why we get married today," she said.
The 37-year-old beauty also revealed she feels no pressure to become a mother.
"I don't know if I want children, but the idea of marriage sounds very boring to me. I have to be honest," she said.
Actress Eva Mendes wanted to be a nun, but changed her mind when she discovered that it was not a well-paying job.
Mendes wanted to join a convent and devote her life to the Catholic Church when she was a child but changed her mind, reports contactmusic.com.
"We didn't grow up with a lot of money so I would always tell my mom, 'Mommy I am going to buy you a big house when I grow up, and a car'," she said.
"And my sister said to me one day when I was 10, 'How are you going to buy mom all these things? You are going to be a nun and nuns don't get paid. I said, 'What?' and that was it, my convent dreams were over," she added.
After finding success and fame as an actress, the 36-year-old admits it was a very "proud moment" when she was able to make good on her promise to buy her mother a new home in 2002.
Eva Mendes (in Calvin Klein) sparkles at the “Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday (May 4).
The 35-year-old actress was accompanied on the red carpet by designer Francisco Costa, the creative director of Calvin Klein Collection.
At the swank event, WWD spotted Eva Mendes smoking in the ladies room with the Olsen twins, Mad Men’s January Jones, the Proenza Schouler boys (Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough) and Olivier Theyskens (the artistic director of French fashion house Nina Ricci).
Eva Mendes wants to appear in a Peta advert naked with Morrissey.
The stunning Latino actress wants to team up with the outspoken vegetarian singer to raise awareness of animal rights and is prepared to bare all in front of Morrissey.
Eva - who has stripped off for Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) before - said: "I really want to do a Peta ad with Morrissey, I'd be happy to do it naked if need be. I've done a lot of work with them and I know Morrissey is a big supporter of Peta, so here's hoping!"
The Spirit star - who is a huge fan of Morrissey's former band The Smiths - is hoping the Meat Is Murder singer will return the favour and go nude as well.
She added: "Whether Morrissey would want to get naked with me is another question. Maybe he could come up with something more creative than out-and-out nudity."
Eva, 34, admits she has had a crush on Morrissey, who has often stated he is celibate, since she first discovered The Smiths' music.
The actress - who is dating producer George Gargurevich - revealed: "When he sings it's poetry in motion to me. It completely speaks to me.
"I love Morrissey, but I don't think I'd want to marry him."
Hollywood actress Eva Mendes says she prefers to keep her ample chest under wraps, but won’t mind exposing them on ‘special occasions’.
The Hitch actress has been dating filmmaker George Gargurevich since 2002, reports China Daily . "I don't wear short things. As for cleavage, I'll bring the girls out at certain times but I don't parade them too often. I like to keep them for special occasions!" Eva said.
Eva, 34, recently revealed her love for high heels, but never buys heels above 5 inches because she finds it so difficult to move around.
"I absolutely love shoes. I can never have too many pairs. I especially love ones with huge stiletto heels - but it's always a circus act when I walk in them. I am all over the place,” Eva said.
Eva Mendes says she only shows off her chest on special occasions.
The Hitch star - who has been voted one of the world's Most Desirable Women - does not believe in flashing too much flesh and only wears low-cut tops when she feels it is appropriate.
She says, "I don't wear short things. As for cleavage, I'll bring the girls out at certain times but I don't parade them too often.
"I like to keep them for special occasions."