"I was never in love with acting. I don't mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn't a great actress," she said in an interview with the U.K.'s Sunday Times.

I don’t mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn’t a great actress,” Mendes said in a recent interview.

Eva Mendes told the U.K.'s 'The Times' that she "was never in love with acting" during her two-decade career in Hollywood, though she noted that she would consider returning for a big screen role alongside her partner Ryan Gosling.

Eva Mendes says she 'never in love with acting,' but would come out of retirement to share the screen with husband Ryan Gosling again: 'That’s the one thing I would love to do.'

Eva Mendes gets candid about stepping away from her acting career, admitting that she felt she ‘wasn’t a great actress’

Eva Mendes has recently opened up about her and her husband Ryan Gosling’s parenting style in an interview with The Times. She revealed some strict rules they have for their beloved daughters — Amada and Esmeralda,

Eva Mendes has not starred in a feature film since her role in her husband Ryan Gosling’s 2014 directorial debut, 'Lost River'

I feel really f–king sexy at times,” the “Hitch” actress, 50, said. “The way my man looks at me is just … at times I’m like, oh my God.”

Eva Mendes says the only movie project that would persuade her to return to acting is one alongside her husband Ryan Gosling . The couple have appeared in two films together, Drunk History Christmas (2011) and The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Eva Mendes admitted in an interview with The Sunday Times that she was “never in love with acting,” so there’s no real urgency to ending her 10-years and counting break from it. The actor has not starred in a feature film since a small supporting role in partner Ryan Gosling‘s 2014 directorial effort "Lost River,

Eva Mendes has reflected on her decision to step away from acting, and hinted she’d only want to return to the screen if it was alongside her husband Ryan Gosling. Mendes and Gosling first met when they played a couple in Derek Cianfrance’s 2012 crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines.