Eva Mendes Says She Uses Her Sexuality To Get Work

Posted on November 13, 2009

Actress Eva Mendes has no problem being hired for her looks says she never feels exploited if she is act to take her clothes off on camera. Read more of what Eva had to say below.

Actress Eva Mendes, who posed nude for a Calvin Klein perfume ad campaign, says she is fine with baring all for a movie role and doesn’t mind being hired for her looks.

She said: “I don’t allow myself to be typecast, but when I have to turn up the heat and turn up the sexuality and I do an amazing Calvin Klein campaign it’s very conscious, that’s no accident. It’s very methodical on my part.

“If I feel it’s appropriate to show some nudity in the scenes then I go for it. As much as I use my sexuality, I have never felt exploited. I feel like it’s on my terms and I have no problem with it.”

Mendes, 35, says she continues to want challenge in her work and is even going to school to help her acting skills.

She added: “I want crazier, edgier, darker, and grittier. I am still a student, I still go to acting class. he darker, more conflicted, the more flawed the better.”

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