Quote Of The Day

Filed under: Quote of the Day > Latinolicious > Eva Mendes

"My family is completely Cuban, they came here during the revolution to Miami, and I was born in Miami, and then they came to LA. I was raised in LA. Its cool, because Im definitely American, and I can speak Spanish. I feel very Cuban, I'm totally Cuban, im totally 100% Cuban."

- The gorgeous and talented Eva Mendes tells the new issue of Para Todos magazine

[Image by Michael Carpenter via WENN.]

Posted: Oct 14, 2007 at 11:18 am / Email this »

See All 278 Comments

278 comments to “Quote Of The Day”

More comments: [1] 2 3 »

d says – reply to this

1

1st
alex says – reply to this

2

i love her
yay ur back! says – reply to this

3

2nd
gagag says – reply to this

4

i missed u perez
4th
spookypoo says – reply to this

5

okay!
Chastity says – reply to this

6

LUV YA PEREZ!!!! Hope u r ok
brisnaite says – reply to this

7

SHe is HOTT
c-bean says – reply to this

8

first?
daniel says – reply to this

9

Perez said Fidel Castro was dead but I've seen many pictures of him on magazines recently. Don't you read them?
mel says – reply to this

10

IT'S ABOUT TIME!
sammy :] says – reply to this

11

5th

she so fucking gorgous
bebbeb says – reply to this

12

i'm cuban
Lynne says – reply to this

13

This is the thinking that's going to bring our Country down. She is AMERICAN. AMERICAN. She was born in Miami. She is an American of Cuban heritage. Until we all come together as one, we're going to sink. My husband's parents were born in Yugoslavia…he was born here. He has NEVER, in his life, said he was Yugoslavian first. He's an American of Serbian heritage. Yeesh.
Chastity says – reply to this

14

LUV YA PEREZ!!!!!!! Hope u r ok!!
x says – reply to this

15

slut
lovestoreadthenews says – reply to this

16

FOURTH!! If your Cuban.. then go to Cuba and live there. She should be proudly saying I AM AN AMERICAN with Cuban roots.
jersey says – reply to this

17

first…………so gorgeous she is
likingeva says – reply to this

18

i love Eva Mendes, shes go grounded.
Idiot says – reply to this

19

Uh sweetie… if you're born in the US and have never even visited Cuba, you are not "100%" Cuban. Stick to being hot and dumb.
kathyria says – reply to this

20

QUE VIVA CUBA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ASUCAR
koi1708k says – reply to this

21

no way first?
sir samuel says – reply to this

22

2nd!
brainchild says – reply to this

23

4th. You go you gorgeous cuban
jen says – reply to this

24

okay perez.
thats enough of eva.
we already know how obsessed you are with her.
no one wants to hear about her anymore.
(no, im not racist. im hispanic myself)
cindy says – reply to this

25

where have you been you fucker?
Tdot says – reply to this

26

she is beautiful!!!!!!
jason says – reply to this

27

sucia
i love this bitch
gStar says – reply to this

28

Well done- be proud of your heritage
perez is a wetback says – reply to this

29

didnt you just quote her the other day saying she doesn't know much about being cuban and that she needs to go there to learn and that she doesnt actually speak spanish, but its really spanglish???? this dumb bitch is just telling some spanish magazine what she needs to say to keep all the lats supporting her. what a bunch of bullshit!! youre such a wetback perez!!!!
mehee says – reply to this

30

second
conchi says – reply to this

31

i'm a gigolo spending lots of dough something something something three in the morn.
Idiot says – reply to this

32

"Talented"??? Gorgeous, yes. But "talented"??? hahahahahaha
ex says – reply to this

33

that's all for today ? oh god, this blog was fuckin' boring this week end… seems that the queen of all media was kinda lazy…
PhilMcCrackin says – reply to this

34

She is sooooooooooo fucking hottttttttt!!!!!!!

She makes me shake!
tanya says – reply to this

35

FIRST CUNT!!!
sean f says – reply to this

36

You're not 100% cuban you stupid bitch!!!! You're 100% American if you live and make money in this country!!!!
WOOHOO says – reply to this

37

SHE SHOULD BE PROUD AND GO BACK TO FREAKIN CUBA
NOW THAT CASTRO IS DEAD! FUCK THIS CUBAN PIECE OF SHIT
AND THE BLOGGER WHO SUPPORTS HER. A L L LATINS AND CUBANS
ARE SHIT AND SHOULD JUST GO SOUTH! OUR JAILS ARE FULL OF THESE
MOFO'S SHES TRASH! S U I C I D E W A T C H !!!!!!!!!
PEREZ HILTON, COME FOR THE GOSSIP STAY FOR THE HATE!
Vanessa says – reply to this

38

Go Eva. FUck all u haters
Lauren says – reply to this

39

You're pushing hard for this chick arentcha?
aquaboogie says – reply to this

40

Good morning BooBoo! Hold your head up!
Idiot says – reply to this

41

By the way, Mario. Please provide an update on Fidel. You were so insistent that his death would be announced 2 months ago. Still sticking "110%" by your story? Dumb douchebag. I think it would be hysterical if Fidel filed a slander suit against you… just to add to your other legal problems.
mimi says – reply to this

42

Number 13 and 16 are so right! Thats the way it should be thought of!
As number 19 says stick to being hot and dumb!
lisa says – reply to this

43

to woo hoo fuck off maybe u should leave this country.
linda says – reply to this

44

I`ve missed u. I need my fix.
C says – reply to this

45

STFU about being first, you most definitely ARE NOT!
ex says – reply to this

46

Re: WOOHOO –
why does stupid always have to show the useless side of america posting freakin' racist comment without any argument… then people ask me why i'm not fuckin' interest on going to this country to enjoy it… i'm not even sure there's anything to enjoy with such stubborn people.
well… still great to know that all of you are not like that
matt says – reply to this

47

have any of you americans ever even been to cuba?
its a fucking peice of crap. its poor, it smells, there are chickens and donkeys in the streets, and everyone dresses like a whore and nobody ever appears to be working. this bitch isn't cuban… you have be born there to say that. she's got roots. and trust me, i would pretend i was something else.

-canada
MI says – reply to this

48

Re: Lynne – Has your husband ever been to Serbia? It's a shame that he would say that .. I am assuming that his parents are very uneducated, and probably never went back after they immigrated here. No wonder he considers himself to be American.
meena says – reply to this

49

@Lynne

Oh really?BS.Your husband is far from American cus Amercans didnt rase him.Yugoslavians did.
Eva is Cuban cus Cubans raised her and she was born there.I understand where you're goin with this but eeeh…its not working.
ilikesilkpajamas says – reply to this

50

YOU CANT BE 100% CUBAN, BECAUSE A CUBAN IS A MIX UP OF 2 OR MORE ETHNICITIES WHICH ARE USUALLY SPANISH, AND AFRICAN. I GET SO SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE PRETENDING THEY ARE INDIGENOUS TO AN AREA, NO SORRY YOUR INVADERS. BEING CUBAN MEANS BEING OCCUPIERS OF AN ISLAND THAT NEVER BELONGED TO YOU TO BEGIN WITH.
georgie says – reply to this

51

how can she be 100% cuban, but born in america? sliming for the press…
meena says – reply to this

52

aw I just read that she was born in US..well nevermind..she was raised still raised by the Cubans!
Keepin Real says – reply to this

53

Big deal, she's still not as big as Salma Hayek and Jennifer Lopez. When she get's a role, where it's not about her being hot, then she can talk all she wants. She's full of herself.
Duh... says – reply to this

54

Bitch is dumb as shit too, I read her Maxim interview. She's trying to make herself look good becuz of Jessica Alba's fuck up in not owning her heredity. She's still a fug that has serious manface.
Something does not compute says – reply to this

55

Perez you are usually down with the latinas except for Jessica Alba. Why are you dissing Michelle? Is it because she might be bi? You kiss Gloria Estefan and Eva Mendes’ asses and they are both bi. Eva even looks like a dude.
teresa says – reply to this

56

i'm glad she embraces her heritage
Kristyn says – reply to this

57

so what!!!! who cares what she is?! her parents ARE NOT from AMERICA! why should she feel american?Jessica parents ARE from AMERICA soooo she has nothing to do with where her GRANDPARENTS are from!
Yasmin says – reply to this

58

Now that's a girl who's proud of her roots, unlike Jessica "Don't call me a Latina" Alba. What Eva means when she says that she's 100% Cuban is that even though she's American and was born in America, Cuba is still in her blood. By that, she means that she has the same values and traditions of Cubans. She's proud of her roots. What that egotistical bitch of an actress that Jessica Alba is, Jessica wanted to be known as an "American" and not just a "Latino American." Jessica is even happy that she doesn't speak Spanish. That bitch is asking for it! Love Eva!
pilon says – reply to this

59

what a racist bitch!
jstuddle says – reply to this

60

WTF? This is America, bitch! Speak English!
what a joke says – reply to this

61

Re: Lynne – I agree 100%. If she feels so Cuban, then buy all means, go back there.
David says – reply to this

62

>>>Im definitely American
>>>im totally 100% Cuban.”

bimbo,

make up your mind.
judy says – reply to this

63

I am sooooooooooooooooo sick of seeing her mug everywhere. She absolutely cannot act. I have seen some of her movies. Just because she is Hispanic or Cuban, sorry, she gets her mug all over so we can say we are politically correct. And that overbite? Not pretty. Go back to Cuba and please quit making movies!!
double standard says – reply to this

64

Re: Yasmin – That's fine if it was for everyone. But if a white said how proud they were about being white they would be called a racist.
LINDSEY says – reply to this

65

just because she is cuban doesn't make her a good actress.. this is so biased its stupid. I'm not saying shes bad but give me a break and leave jessica alba alone.. if she doesn't feel like an authentic 'latina' that isn't discracing latinas, thats just her being honest and saying she is just american.
It is truely biased and ridiculous. She is great because of her ACTING SKILLS, not beceause of WHERE SHE WAS BORN. stupid stupid stupid.
latino my ass says – reply to this

66

GOOD FOR HER!!THAT'S THE WAY SHOULD BE AND NOT A STUPID NON-SENSE "LATINO" CRAP
WOOHOO says – reply to this

67

Re: ex –
WELL IF YOUR A REGULAR VISITOR TO THIS SITE YOU WOULD KNOW
PEREZ IS THE PROMOTER OF RACISM. ITS HIS THING. A L L WHITES
ARE SHIT TO HIM. HE TRASHES A L L OF THE WHITE GIRLS PROBABLY
BECAUSE HE SECRETLY WANTS TO BE ONE. DO I HATE LATINS ETC
ABSOLUTELY NOT. I LIVE IN A FARM AREA AND I SEE THESE PEOPLE
STRUGGLE TO EEK OUT AN EXISTENCE FROM UNSCRUPULOUS
FARMERS, THEY LOOK HAPPY THEIR CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR AND
GETTING AN EDUCATION WHERE AS THEY WOULD NOT ELSEWHERE
I FOR ONE THINK AMERICA IS RICH ENOUGH TO SHARE AND I'M
GLAD WE DO. MY COMMENT IS MORE TO TE FLAVOR OF THIS SITE.
I DON'T HATE THESE GIRLS, DON'T KNOW THEM. BUT I WILL
NOT STAND BY AND LET THIS ASSHOLE TRASH ALL THE WHITE GIRLS
BASED ON HIS HATRED OF THEM.
PEREZ HILTON, COME FOR THE GOSSIP, STAY FOR THE HATE!
Lynne says – reply to this

68

Re: MI –
What the hell are you talking about? My husband has been there many times. In fact, here's going there (Montenegro) for a month this May. I don't understand your point. He's proud of his heritage…but HE'S AMERICAN. His parents worked hard to get here, to give him the opportunities he couldn't have in Yugoslavia. Are you saying that everyone who lives here should consider themselves their heritage instead of Americans? That's the mindset that will destroy this country. In order for a country to survive, it needs a common language and a COMMON CULTURE. THat's the deal when you immigate to this great country. People have forgotten that, and we're paying for it greatly.
Lynne says – reply to this

69

Re: meena –

You're insane. I'm hoping you're 14 years old, because if you're any older than that, you need serious help. My husband's parents were PROUD to be American. Why is being American the only culture you're not allowed to be proud of?
garrett says – reply to this

70

man thats gotta be the dumbest thing ive ever heard….who wants people to know their cuban?
garrett says – reply to this

71

Re: WOOHOO – race isnt important at all so dont make it people are different in their own way and color doesnt make them any certain way now go away u bigot!
VIVA AMERICA AND AMERICANS says – reply to this

72

she said she is deff AMERICAN and then she is 100% cuban. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT!! LOVE HER!!!! GLAD SHE DIDN'T SAY SHE IS LATINA JUST LIKE JESSICA ALBA SHE SAID SHE WAS FIRST AMERICAN AND THEN MEXICAN AND FRENCH DANISH DECENDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HISPANICS OR LATINOS AREN'T A RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE AMERICANS AREN'T THE WHITE RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JESSICA ALBA LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!
LuvPerez1 says – reply to this

73

Re: Lynne –

I couldn't agree with you more! She is NOT 100% Cuban. She is 100% AMERICAN. If you born and raised in America, it makes you AMERICAN.
ETHNICITY IS NOT NATIONALITY says – reply to this

74

Re: Lynne – being cuban is an ethnicity. being American is a nationality. she said she was American. But she is 100% cuban, ethnically speaking.
Tina says – reply to this

75

ARE YOU ALL STUPID!!????? Anyone born here is considered "American"but most people stand by there Heritage and are proud of it! At least she's not ashamed of it like Jessica Alba and is denying her Roots!
Jodie says – reply to this

76

Perez, I totally missed you! You must be on the road or something. Eva Mendez is hot in the movie "We Own the Night" I HIGHLY recomend it! I saw it yesterday. It is almost a thriller type movie. She is HOT HOT HOT in her roll, and the story is good too.
lalalalalalala suck my fucking ass says – reply to this

77

Re: WOOHOO – SHUT UP YOU IGNORANT!! AND LEAVE THIS SIDE IF YOU HATE PEREZ AND HE IS WHITE CUBAN AMERICAN YOU IDIOT!!!
ex says – reply to this

78

Re: WOOHOO –
i'm not that regular actually… I come here when I'mfuckin' bored and because it seems that people actuality is still "information" then after reading a lot of things about politic and a lot of other subject, i finish here sometime to read nonsense. I don't know what's Perez aim and what he used to think or do, and I don't give a fuck actually. Maybe that's why i was looking down on your comment without thinking about it much. So well, i'm almost about to say i'm sorry but actually, who cares xD
demographics says – reply to this

79

Re: ilikesilkpajamas – What are Puerto Ricans a mix of? And native to cuba would probably be indians? and then blacks were brought there by the spanish?
arturo says – reply to this

80

Does that mean she's a communist and has communist beliefs? If she's 100% cuban then that's what she must be.. otherwise if she didn't believe in communism she'd be like.. 80% cuban because you can't be 100% proud of your country if you don't believe in it's government structure. I guess she doesn't believe in ownership either, she should give up her home to the state.
YOU SO RIGHT says – reply to this

81

Re: Lynne – well said!! but most latin americans who come to america are racist to themselfs and they have a big problem of integration and understanding being an american no automaticly means you are white but they chose to marginate themselfs by saying that they are latinos as a race when in fact it's a culture. They children should be americans as they culture have change to be americans.
Roles and Rolls says – reply to this

82

Re: Yasmin – And Jessica didn't want to be type cast for only hispanic roles. She wanted the main stream roles that are reserved for white actresses. That's why she said She's American. She just didn't express it with intelligence.
.
DEAR HOLLYWOOD,
Just do not speak!
jar says – reply to this

83

well there is a debate INTEGRATION(eva mendes,perez) VS ASSIMILATION(jessica alba)

which is completely useless because people's lives and stories are different
concerning jesica alba i think you should stop blaming her it's not her fault if she doesn't feel mexican and she is actually honest .
concerning eva mendes people who are saying she should just be american don't know what they are talking about if she was raised by 2 cubans and feels both us and cuban good for her
WOOHOO says – reply to this

84

Re: lalalalalalala suck my fucking ass –
TO YOUR FIRST POINT N O !!!!!!!!
FUCK PEREZ AND HIS CUBAN ASS!
FUCK HIM AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR HIS DEMISE!!!!!
OH AND FUCK YOU TOO!
moll says – reply to this

85

so is she cuban then?
ex says – reply to this

86

old tricks are still working i guess… and perez know that, just a little quote about ethnicity and he sure to got a conflict XD
Christina says – reply to this

87

I love when you post about Eva. At least she keeps a balance and never says anything offensive or ignorant!
blahblah says – reply to this

88

Who fucking cares! I'm a fucking space alien!!! I was born on Mars and am 100% Martian so fuck off I can identify with whatever I choose!
Iza says – reply to this

89

Re: WOOHOO – Fuck you. Us Latinos are the ones who bring some flavor and life into this world. Plus don't hate on us cause there is probably one of us in your family tree.
jane says – reply to this

90

Can they send a copy of that magazine to Jessica Alba. Maybe jessica can start thinking and stop being so, so, so ignorant…
ARR says – reply to this

91

We are proud to have you represent all Cubans, and Miami in such a great way
Ridiculous Confused Bitch says – reply to this

92

The bitch was born and raised in America yet she's totally 100% Cuban? Huh? She doesn't make any sense.
Melissa says – reply to this

93

If you love cuba so much then go back to it and starve too death> You freakin cubans have destroyed florida anyway. Isn't it funny how perez always draws hearts and circles around spics but constantly maligns real AMERICAN women. Brittany, Paris and Lindsay are worth all of you put together. Why don't you ever show a spic woman picking her nose, or lookin bad perez?
WOOHOO says – reply to this

94

Re: Iza –
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THERE IS A ROACH IN MY FAMILY TREE!
I DO NOT NEED NOR DO I WANT THE TYPE OF COLOR OR FLAVOR
YOU HAVE TO OFFER. FACIAL TATTOOS ARE NOT AS COOL AS YOU THINK!
Shannon says – reply to this

95

Correction you are cuban-american
minority says – reply to this

96

they probably torture fags in cuba… too bad PH's folks immigrated.
aymami says – reply to this

97

and how the fuck does she define being "american"? See, that's the problem with expatriate cubans living in the states, they really don't know where they belong. If they visit Latin America, they get on a Jessica Alba-like attitude, and when they're in the states, they're latinos again. Exiled cubans are just sellouts, in constant need of approval by the Anglo-saxon community and are embarrased of their heritage.
mom says – reply to this

98

she grew up in highland park
LoveMeSomeEva says – reply to this

99

She is one sexyyyyy bitch.
White Pride 101 says – reply to this

100

Re: double standard – That’s fine if it was for everyone. But if a white said how proud they were about being white they would be called a racist.

—
Maybe that's because since Chris Columbus "discovered" the New World in 1492, "white people" have brought nothing but colonialism, slavery and genocide to the native inhabitants. Maybe because white people justified their annihilation of the natives by using racist ideology. Maybe because they also colonized and enslaved African nations and people and colonized and economically dominated Asian nations and people–all while using racist ideology to justify their oppression. Because of that history of racism and oppression of non-whites by whites, it's currently unacceptable to express pride in being white. Duh! You people should just be glad that the rest of the world still doesn't hate you as much as you hate us and try to seek well-justified revenge on you…well, not yet!