Eva Mendes may never make a comeback to acting, thanks to her partner Ryan Gosling

Eva Mendez has been away from the big screen for over a decade now. The actress, who is a mother of two, has often been asked about her acting comeback. Mendes, who shares two daughters, Esmerelda, 10, and Amada, 8, with longtime partner Ryan Gosling, has chosen to lead a more private life as she took up motherhood full-time.

While Gosling has been working throughout and churning blockbusters one after another, including The Big Short, La La Land, and Barbie, Mendes has channeled her creativity into other endeavours, including fashion, makeup, and, most recently, a children's book.

Mendes appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday, to promote her book, Desi, Mami, and The Never-Ending Worries and opened up about the possibilities of her returning to the big screen.

"I don't know. If there are interesting roles…I kind of felt like I did it, you know? I was like, ‘I just worked with Ryan Gosling. He's like, the best,'" she said, referencing her 2012 film The Place Beyond the Pines.

"It was such a high [in] my career to work with him and what we created together, that I was like, 'This is a good time to like ’Seinfeld' it, and just walk out.' So, who knows?"
Mendes has in recent years admitted that her mindset has changed since having children.

"Acting is something that I will always love. It's just like now that I have children, I'm kind of extreme," Mendes told Entertainment Tonight in 2020. "There's just so many things I won't do. Like, I won't do most of the movies I've done in the past. A lot of things are off that list. I don't want to do anything too violent. Of course, I don't want to do anything too sexual or sexual at all."

When talking about her book on Good Morning America, she noted that writing it was actually beneficial to her parenting.

"Desi has these never-ending worries — I have them as well," Mendes admitted of the book's main character. "And she tries to work with her brain to…make sure it's not being a bully to her, by sending all these negative thoughts her way, and that it's being like a BFF to her."