As soon as I read the script I knew it was pretty special.
The creator of the show asked what I thought of the writing
as a whole. I told him I had no idea because I'd only read my
part. He laughed and told me I'd got the job. He thought my
answer was completely Gabrielle.
Eva Longoria
On her role as Gabrielle in Desperate Housewives
TV show |
I grew up as an ugly duckling. My nickname was "prieta
fea", which means "the ugly dark one." I was
the only one on my family with dark skin. So when people call
me a sex symbol, it's flattering but I never let it go to my
head.
Eva Longoria
Quoted in British Daily Mail You magazine,
September 2006 |
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
Quoted in British Daily Mail You magazine,
September 2006 |
My work ethic comes from being surrounded by great women growing
up - my mum and my three sisters. There were no men and they'd
really focus on education and career more than falling in love,
getting married and having children.
Eva Longoria |
I used to go target shooting all the time growing up, so I'm
great with a gun; we'd shoot Coke cans and anything that exploded.
I grew up hunting deer and turkey. I can skin a pig and pluck
a quail; you name it, I've done it. So the training was easy
for me.
Eva Longoria
On how she outshot the men, including star
Michael Douglas, and scored all bull's-eyes on the firing range,
during training for her role as a G-woman in The Sentinel movie,
quoted in British Daily Mail You magazine, September 2006
|
When I first saw him, he took my breath away; it was lust
at first sight.
Eva Longoria
Talking about her fiance basketball player
24-year-old Tony Parker, quoted in British Daily Mail You magazine,
September 2006 |
When the lights are out, he's the teacher… I'm the student.
Eva Longoria
On her relationship with basketball player
Tony Parker, apparently trying to set the record straight after
earlier announcing she was "the experienced one" |
I'd love to be a housewife. I'm very domesticated, much more
like Bree than Gabrielle. I clean all the time, and I sewed
all the curtains in my house. I love cooking and make amazing
Mexican food; everybody loves my tortilla soup.
Eva Longoria
Quoted in British Daily Mail You magazine,
September 2006 |
God blessed me with some great, unique features-some beautiful,
in my eyes, and some not so beautiful. But I think we are all
created this way for a reason, so I have no desire to tamper
with that.
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 |
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