Eva Longoria Quotes

“I didn't really blossom until my mid teens, and by that time I had to work on my personality to make people like me. I found it easy to make people laugh and I was always pretty popular.”

— Eva Longoria

“I love being a woman. I love the sexiness we get to exude. But the best thing about being a woman is the power we have over men.”

— Eva Longoria

“I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.”

— Eva Longoria

“I'm a terrific Mexican cook, and I just love Mexican food. And I love cooking Mexican food.”

— Eva Longoria

“I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.”

— Eva Longoria

“I've always thought of myself as a role model even before being a 'celebrity.' I've always been doing charity work and volunteering in the community since I was 8, so when you do that, I think you just assume that role when you put yourself out there.”

— Eva Longoria

“Everybody needs a chance to find love.”

— Eva Longoria

I find it irresponsible to go, 'She's an actress, what does she know?' That means if you're a dentist, what do you know? If you're a lawyer, what do you know? It's our profession, it's what we do. It's not who we are.

— Eva Longoria

“We face a choice this election. President Obama is fighting for changes that grow the economy from the middle out and help all Americans succeed - jobs, education, health reform, the DREAM Act, equal pay for women. He is moving us forward with opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow. Mitt Romney wants to take us back to yesterday.”

— Eva Longoria

I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.

— Eva Longoria

“So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.”

— Eva Longoria

I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.

— Eva Longoria

I was born in platform heels. I actually always fall down when I'm wearing flip-flops.

— Eva Longoria

You don't need to know who I'm dating. You don't need to know what I'm doing. I'm fine with everybody not knowing that.

— Eva Longoria

“I'm very proud of my sisters and everything they've accomplished and done. I'm very proud of where I came from.”

— Eva Longoria

“I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity.”

— Eva Longoria

“I think I've ignored it so much so that when the paparazzi are following me I really don't see them. You don't see them anymore.”

— Eva Longoria

“I learned French before I learned Spanish.”

— Eva Longoria

“There's no amount of money that would make me decide something for a career.”

— Eva Longoria

“I'm naturally athletic. I've been involved in sports since I could walk. So, for me to be sedentary is just unacceptable. Not only is it great for your physical body, but it gives me more energy during the day if I've worked out. I feel better. I look better.”

— Eva Longoria

“I've always eaten egg whites because when I was little, I didn't like the color yellow, so my mom would trick me into eating eggs by taking out the yolk.”

— Eva Longoria

“I am honored to be here as co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign.”

— Eva Longoria

My worst habit in the kitchen is not allowing anybody to help me. I like to cook by myself.

— Eva Longoria

I am treated no different than the other girls.

— Eva Longoria

“My mother gave me one piece of advice that stuck with me. She said don't forget where you came from.”

— Eva Longoria

Every woman should try a Brazilian wax once. And then the sex they have afterward will make them keep coming back!

— Eva Longoria

“I just want to believe in a higher power. That's a good way to live.”

— Eva Longoria

“I do believe in forgiving and forgetting. There was a reason we were together. I just want to hold on to the good times.”

— Eva Longoria

“People associate farmworkers with illegal immigrants, and that's really not the case.”

— Eva Longoria

“The work part of a relationship is keeping it where you want it.”

— Eva Longoria

“I'm a cook, and I'm like, "a dash of this, a pinch of that." I cook with a lot of passion and instinct. So that's the hardest thing - to put an actual recipe together.”

— Eva Longoria

“Anytime there is Mexican food around, you can bet I'll be eating it,”

— Eva Longoria

“I guess we have the press to thank for pushing us to see something we didn't see!”

— Eva Longoria

“But America was built by optimists. Optimists like my friend Amanda, who recently started a small business. When she went to buy her website address-her first and last name-she found that someone already owned it, but wasn't using it. So my friend emailed the owner of the site to ask if she could buy it. The owner wrote back.”

— Eva Longoria

“I've always been confident with who I was, but my twenties were hard. I had to learn a lot of life lessons and I think my thirties will be a little easier because of all the wrong turns I took.”

— Eva Longoria

“I've always seen actresses who constantly date their leading men or somebody they co-star with, and I've been the opposite. Once I act with you, I feel like you're my brother.”

— Eva Longoria

Little Boy's performance is authentic, natural, moving & inspiring.

— Eva Longoria

Hunting is a family thing for me, and it's a Texas thing. We have a lot of land in Texas that's been in our family for 12 generations.

— Eva Longoria

A marriage is a partnership.

— Eva Longoria

“I could be a party girl, dating whoever I want and being reckless, but I like being in a relationship. When you have somebody who grounds you and keeps you sane, it helps.”

— Eva Longoria

“Growing another life inside of you is one of the strangest, but most amazing feelings anyone can have.”

— Eva Longoria

“I'm not averse to being tied up in silk scarves. I like a man to take charge. There's something very sexy about being submissive.”

— Eva Longoria

It's really important to have a healthy sexuality and to be open about it. It's not a taboo. It's normal.

— Eva Longoria

I didn't grow up wanting to become an actor at all. I wanted to be a sports trainer and I was actually an aerobics instructor.

— Eva Longoria

“I was a tomboy and any time anyone says something about me being hot, it makes me giggle.”

— Eva Longoria

“I grew up with the word "volunteer" as a very powerful word in my family. I was inspired by my mother and by how selfless our family was toward others who didn't have enough.”

— Eva Longoria

“I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my nickname.”

— Eva Longoria

“I won a scholarship to come to LA and compete in a modeling and talent completion and was amazed when I won it. I had never acted before in my life and won the acting category. I began to wonder what this is about and then decided to see what happened.”

— Eva Longoria

“I'm not going to stop going to the supermarket just because the paparazzi follow me. I love to cook and a cook needs her ingredients!”

— Eva Longoria

I didn't grow up speaking Spanish, and the interesting thing was, we would watch these novelas and you didn't have to speak Spanish to understand what was going on.

— Eva Longoria