Eva Mendes

Eva: (On how word of mouth can help a career) ....So I say that to encourage people out there, to say that everything is an opportunity in this business,... ...If you take everything as an opportunity and do the absolute best you can do, greater opportunities will come from that.

Eva: (On being a student of acting) I've said no to a lot of roles that would have been bigger than the last few I've done, but that wouldn't have meant much to me... ...It would have been very boring for me, very one-note... ...And I think people see that,... ...This is an industry where people call each other and ask, 'Oh, how was it working with her or him?' I think I have good word of mouth and that people know how much I love my craft and that, when I'm in it, I'm in it 100 per cent, whether it's a graphic-novel movie or something that needs some serious emotion. I'm there, I'm willing, I'm game and I want to make it amazing.

Eva: (Explaining why she accepted her role in the movie Greek Fire) Julian Fellowes wrote a script for me based on the relationship between Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis, and as Julian Fellowes wrote it for me I couldn't say no to it.