American actor Eva Mendes recently revealed that she never envisioned becoming a mother until she fell in love with Canadian actor Ryan Gosling. According to Fox News, 46-year-old Mendes and Gosling have been together since meeting on the set of 'The Place Beyond the Pines' in 2011 and have since welcomed two daughters -- 6-year-old Esmeralda and 4-year-old Amada. The 'Hitch' star's mind was more focused on her career than children at the time she met her long-time boyfriend.

Mendes admitted in an interview with Nova 96.9's Fitzy & Wippa,"I never wanted babies before until I fell in love with Ryan, and it kind of worked out to where I was 40 and having my first baby. I think I was 42 for the second one, so it worked out in that way that I had a career and then I change my focus to my family." During the conversation, the '2 Fast 2 Furious' star also declared that since her children are getting older, she thinks she's "definitely going back" to acting after a six-year hiatus.