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Eva Mendes Reveals Why It Was Easy to Retire from Acting, and the One Thing That Could Bring Her Back · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Avia Mendez made a conscious decision to walk away from
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  Speaker 2: acting roughly a decade ago to focus on being a
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  Speaker 2: mom to the two kids she shares with husband Ryan Gosling.
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  Speaker 2: In a sit down with The Sunday Times, she revealed
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  Speaker 2: while retiring was easier than you might think, saying I
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  Speaker 2: was never in love with acting. I don't mean this
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  Speaker 2: in a self deprecating way, but I wasn't a great actress.
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  Speaker 2: I did have my moments when I worked with really
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  Speaker 2: great people. My husband in particular, gets something out of
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  Speaker 2: me as an actor that's never been accessible Because of
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  Speaker 2: that chemistry on screen and off as well. Itavia says
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  Speaker 2: the only way she would consider coming out of retirement
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  Speaker 2: is sistar in another project alongside her husband, Ryan, who
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  Speaker 2: co starred with her in twenty twelve's The Place Beyond
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  Speaker 2: the Pines, adding that's the one thing I'd love to do.
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  Speaker 2: Avia Mendez there whose new children's book Desi Mommy and
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