110+ Eva Longoria Quotes On Education, Culture And Desperate Housewives

Eva Longoria is an American actress, producer, director, activist, and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She has also appeared in films such as Harsh Times, The Sentinel, and Over Her Dead Body. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Eva Longoria on life, education, culture.

Top 10 Eva Longoria Quotes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers - she needed a tax break.
4. My mother gave me one piece of advice that stuck with me. She said don't forget where you came from.
5. The Latina spirit translates to every aspect of our lives, from beauty to work to family. We're loving, we're loud, and we're beautiful in our essence.
6. I could never give up Mexican food. Nachos are usually my go-to if I'm courtside at an NBA game. I always, always get my picture taken with my mouth wide open and a tortilla chip sticking out of it!
7. The best sex I have ever had was with my vibrator.
8. So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.
9. I'm not a fan of capris. They actually shorten my legs.
10. I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow.

Eva Longoria Short Quotes

• I just want to believe in a higher power. That's a good way to live.
• Anytime there is Mexican food around, you can bet I'll be eating it.
• I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity.
• When I want to reward myself I get a relaxing massage.
• I am treated no different than the other girls.
• There's no amount of money that would make me decide something for a career.
• I was a tomboy and any time anyone says something about me being hot, it makes me giggle.
• People associate farmworkers with illegal immigrants, and that's really not the case.
• You don't get the good roles when you're beautiful.
• Beauty lies mainly, above all, in personality, not in the skin.

Eva Longoria Quotes About Life

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

Unfortunately, we live our life in public, so any weight gain or pimple is a national story. I don't get this obsession with weight. It's not only Hollywood; it's our society. — 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

The main thing is to be philanthropic in your everyday life. You don't have to have money to do that. You can do it with your time and your energy. — Eva Longoria

I believe, as they say, that you can't be what you don't see, and since I saw a lot of smart women in my life, education being at the center, I just mimicked that behavior. — Eva Longoria

To be with the same person for the rest of your life just sounds so drab. — Eva Longoria

Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle. — Eva Longoria

When I was at the interview asked how I cope with life's difficulties, I said that saving sense of humor. I'm not lying. — 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

Eva Longoria Quotes About Love

I actually love fish and vegetables. I was raised on vegetables! Anything green - spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts - I crave. — Eva Longoria

I think sometimes women are stuck in a type. I've never dated the same type. I fall in love with personalities, and they come in different packages. — Eva Longoria

I'm a terrific Mexican cook, and I just love Mexican food. And I love cooking Mexican food. That's pretty much my weakness...and barbecue beef...and Texas beef...and brisket. Any red meat I can get my hands on. — Eva Longoria

Hold on to the love, not the loss. — Eva Longoria

I think what I love most about Oprah's brand that I would love to do with the Eva Longoria brand is she has purpose with her brand. Everything she does means something. — Eva Longoria

I love to be pursued. I think that when you're not a challenge, it's just nnot as fun for the guy. — Eva Longoria

I don't think relationships are all about sex, but it's definitely about passion and that feeling of "I want you now." I love that romantic side of it. — Eva Longoria

I'm very efficient and the people who work with me always say that - they know when they have a day with me it's going to be really exhausting because I love to fit as much in as possible. — 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

Eva Longoria Quotes About Inspiring

My mom had four kids, one with special needs. She had a full-time job, and she still came home and made dinner for us every night, from scratch. It was amazing. — 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

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

Eva Longoria Quotes About Feel

I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems. — 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

As a woman, you feel like you can change the person, but I don't think that's the way it works. — Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria Famous Quotes And Sayings

I'm Latina. I was born with high heels. We crossed border in high heels. We were running from immigration...I can do aerobics in heels. — Eva Longoria

In the Mexican culture, we never miss a baptism, a birthday, a baby shower, a wedding shower, a wedding. You must show up. Otherwise, you'll be in big trouble. — 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

You never date someone's ex-boyfriend. Period. That's not even the unspoken rule - that's the spoken rule. — Eva Longoria

I'm super careful with my skin and make sure to protect it. I always sit under an umbrella. And I'm a sunblock bully. If you're on the beach with me, I will spray you down with SPF 50-plus. — 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

I banned bottled water from my house - we have a water-filter system so you can drink from the tap. We always drink out of glass, and recycling is a huge deal, which everybody can partake in. — Eva Longoria

She is a 13-year-old girl who shares Amanda's name, and politely explained that she could not give up the website. Why? Because the younger Amanda plans to be president of the United States, and she's going to need the website for her campaign. — 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

Michelle Obama is going to be an amazing First Lady: She's intelligent, capable and motivated. She just embodies everything that an American woman should represent. — Eva Longoria

Meeting people is difficult, period. LA is a difficult place to meet people anyway, and Hollywood is such a small community. But I don't make it a rule just to date other actors and people in the entertainment industry. It could work out with me and a dentist. It could work out with me and a lawyer. — Eva Longoria

I'm on the ground, I've been in swing states, I've been talking to the American people, I've been out there speaking on behalf of Obama's record, I've been in the trenches. — Eva Longoria

You get better at sex when you know your own body. How are you going to expect a man to know your body when you don't know what pleases you? — 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 always knew pesticides affected farmworkers. That's why I always tell people, "eat organic." Not just because it's better for you but because you know the people who picked your food weren't in a toxic environment. — 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

Even though I am very tied to and close to my heritage, I learned Spanish in college; I didn't grow up with it. Growing up in South Texas is different from Miami or L.A. where it is a necessity to speak Spanish. — Eva Longoria

When people think of diversity, they think people of color, but it also means women, who are severely underrepresented as directors, writers and producers. — Eva Longoria

I am so secure in who I am. I really am! And I'm not conceited. I just think, 'Wow, okay, that's the life you want to live.' It wasn't about who he chose. I mean, I had moments, 'Am I not sexy enough? Am I not pretty enough? Am I not smart enough?' But in so many of those questions, I immediately stopped and said, 'No, don't start doing that.' Because you can get stuck in that cycle and you can carry on to other things. — 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've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I think it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides. — Eva Longoria

I wish I could wear 10 dresses to my wedding. It's so sad that you put it in storage and then never see it again. I am going to sleep in mine after I wear it. — 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

I've lost a lot of jobs because I was too pretty. And everybody's like "Oh, poor you." But seriously, you don't get the good roles when you're beautiful. — Eva Longoria

There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should find a passion or a cause that they can really get behind, but it has to be organic. — Eva Longoria

So many people want me to hate him and destroy him, but I don't want to. I want him to be happy. He's not a bad person. — Eva Longoria

Immigration is not the top issue for Latinos. Latinos are like every other American - economy, jobs, healthcare, education. — Eva Longoria

That’s not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you why: Because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers—she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not. — Eva Longoria

A marriage is a partnership. — Eva Longoria

I've always been business-minded. I worked in corporate America before becoming an actress and knew that acting wasn't the end but a means to an end. It gave me the platform and the exposure I needed to do my philanthropic work. It also gave me the financial security to focus on my other businesses, start new businesses, and even help other people start businesses. — Eva Longoria

Get a Brazilian wax. It makes sex better, orgasmwise. — Eva Longoria

The work part of a relationship is keeping it where you want it. — Eva Longoria

That's typical Gabrielle, ... Marc has a very clever plan for this pregnancy. It's going to turn her world upside down — Eva Longoria

I don't regret anything I do, ever, whether articles I've done or things I've said. And as far as what's happened in the past, I wouldn't take anything back. — Eva Longoria

We know what we need to do. Let's re-elect President Obama! — Eva Longoria

I'm really a very fifties housewife. — Eva Longoria

I still can't understand why anyone cares about what I do or what I say. — Eva Longoria

My grandma has never been impressed with the TV show [Desperate Housewives]. She was so angry because I was on television kissing a boy naked; she's very traditional. She said: "If I ever see you kissing that boy again...". — Eva Longoria

I've been a longtime advocate of farmworker rights. — Eva Longoria

Who I am at the core and what I think represents me is really reflected in my family. — Eva Longoria

I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long before I was an actress. I just happen to have a platform now. I just happen to have a voice. — Eva Longoria

... it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides. — 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

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

If you eat food or produce, you should take into account where that food comes from. — Eva Longoria

So many people think you have to be rich and famous to really create an impact, and it's just not true. Especially when it comes to environmentalism. — 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

So many people complain that there aren't enough Latinos on television, and yet when they are, they need support. — Eva Longoria

I just came into my own sexuality at thirty. I don't think it's something you can deeply experience at 18 or any time before that. — Eva Longoria

It was heartbreaking . . . I think it was disappointing because I had such an identity in being 'Mrs. Parker', and being a wife, and so when that's taken away from you, you [think], 'Who am I? — Eva Longoria

Staying in shape does not come easily, especially as you get older and you don't have as much time or energy to exercise. I used to be naturally skinny in high school and college. I was in cheerleading, ran track, and did gymnastics, so I had a built-in five-hour workout every day. Lately, I've been doing Pilates on the Megaformer, which is like Pilates on steroids. — Eva Longoria

If I were single and had my career, I'd be happy. You have to be happy with what you're doing. — Eva Longoria

I do not regret getting married nor do I regret getting divorced. — 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

I'm a pageant girl from Texas, so I like makeup and hairspray. And the smoky eye? I think I was born with it! — Eva Longoria

Politics need to stop treating women as a special-interest group. — Eva Longoria

My acting is still being recognized for the fact that I wasn't nominated. — 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

You can't have a relationship when you're shooting a 14-hour day and your husband is shooting a 14-hour day in the same city. It's a time thing and it's a together thing. — Eva Longoria

I guess we have the press to thank for pushing us to see something we didn't see! — Eva Longoria

You're never too old or too busy to continue your educatioan! — Eva Longoria

People will always be interested in relationships, infidelity and sex and everything connected to things in their own lives. — Eva Longoria

I find it a turnoff whenever men aren't into some kind of sport. And, no, video games don't count. I dated a guy who was into video games, and I wanted to shoot myself. — 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'll talk about my Tony all day long. — Eva Longoria

When people call me a sex icon, it's flattering but it never goes to my head because I never felt sexy as a teenager. — Eva Longoria

I try to run every time I'm in a new city or country - you just put your shoes on and go. It's very therapeutic, and it also works for me when I want to lose weight. — Eva Longoria

Life Lessons by Eva Longoria

1. Eva Longoria has demonstrated that with hard work and dedication, it is possible to achieve success in multiple areas.
2. She has also shown that it is possible to use one's fame and influence to make a positive impact on society.
3. Finally, her example shows that it is possible to balance a successful career with a fulfilling personal life.