How Ryan Gosling changed Eva Mendes’ mind about marriage, kids

Eva Mendes was never one to settle down and have kids, until she met her current husband Ryan Gosling.

talking to people magazineThe 50-year-old actress admitted that she never thought her life would change like this.

“I don’t succumb to social pressure,” she told the outlet, “I do whatever I want to do.”

She then admitted, referring to her young daughters Esmerelda Amada, 9, and Amanda Lee, 8, “I definitely didn’t think I would have kids and be closed down.”

ghost rider The alum credited her husband for changing her mind, saying, “So I’m really happy that a certain person came into my life and changed my mind about all these things.”

After welcoming her children, Mendes began focusing on motherhood. She said that giving up her acting career for the sake of her children was the “easiest decision” she had ever made.

Previously, the mother of two reflected on how she and Gosling had a kind of “nonverbal agreement” that she would focus on the kids while he focused on his career.

“It was a no-brainer,” he said during a March episode. today’s show, “I’m very fortunate, and I was like, if I could have this time with my kids — and I still work, I just didn’t act, because acting takes you places. It takes you away.”