Eva Mendes does the August 2008 Interview magazine. During the interview Eva opens up on rehab and being Latin in Hollywood. She says there's racism in the Industry. Eva Mendes feels frustrated because she's an American girl, born and raised and the directors or studios head don't see her because she looks Latina. Well, girl you look like Latina, there's nothing to do about it. For the full article and photos, pick up a copy of Interview, which hits newsstands July 15. The dark photoshoot is really weird, she looks in pain. I don't like it at all.
"What makes it frustrating is when a director or a studio head doesn't see me for the same part that they'll see, let's say, Drew Barrymore for," she said. "Drew's a great friend of mine. But it's like, 'No, we want more of an American type of girl.' And it's like, America has opened up. I'm an American girl, born and raised." Still, she insists, being Cuban-American is "not as difficult as it is being an Asian girl."
The L.A.-born, Cuban-American actress also opened up on rehab. Mendes entered Utah's Cirque Lodge for rehab earlier this year says:
"I"m not angry, I'm proud of people who have the determination and the fearlessness to actually go and face their demons and get better. This is a life or death situation."
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