Go behind the scenes of Marie Claire's 'Age Issue' cover shoot with star Eva Longoria. In our interview, the actress reveals if she'd reprise her iconic 'Desperate Housewives' role, her beauty philosophy, and the powerful meaning behind her TikTok bio.
00:00La chingona is a badass. I was like, I have arrived.
00:05Hello Marie Claire, it's Eva Longoria, and welcome to my cover shoot.
00:10You know what I've discovered as I've been shooting Searching for Spain is how happy the people are in Spain.
00:18It's not about attaining things and working harder and climbing the ladder.
00:23It's like being with your family and being with your friends and going down to the bar at, you know, 6 o'clock and having a vermouth with your dad.
00:34So I found that really profound. It was like, oh, okay. The food is this way because the people are this way.
00:42I can't pick a favorite recipe from this cookbook.
00:47You know, it's a journey that I went on through Mexico, and I met so many amazing people.
00:53I have a lot of great soups, like hearty, filling, healthy soups.
00:58So I really love my soup chapter, but I also love my drink chapter.
01:03I mean, who doesn't love a good cocktail? I love a cocktail with tequila.
01:08I'm excited about 50. I've always been excited about 50.
01:12I'm, like, wiser. I'm better. I'm not scared of aging. I just want to age well.
01:18I want to be able to climb up stairs. I want to be able to get up and down. I want to play with my kid.
01:22And so, for me, I'm all about biohacks that will make me last longer.
01:27You know, I think Jane Fonda is probably the greatest role model as far as really embracing the third act of her life.
01:34I haven't gotten advice from people. There's a lot of women I look up to who are doing it well.
01:38I probably would have just told my 20-year-old self, like, buckle your seatbelt. It's going to be a fun ride.
01:47I have a full head of gray, and every time I touch up my hair color, whether it's touching up my grays or highlighting my bangs or darkening the whole thing,
01:58I feel like a new woman every time I color my hair.
02:01I don't know. There's something about changing your hair color that changes everything about you.
02:06Or putting on a red lip. Or, like, a fresh blowout.
02:10Do you ever get, like, a good blowout? And you're like, I'm taking over the world.
02:13I love the phrase in Spanish, estoy en mi salsa.
02:23Like, if I'm really, really happy or, like, I enjoy something, they say, ah, estás en tu salsa.
02:29You're vibing.
02:32Spanish women in particular are just put together.
02:35They're not as high maintenance as, I think, the French fashion.
02:39Fashion, it's a little more effortless here, but still put together.
02:44Because there's a lot of walking, fashion has a big part in, you know, your daily expression.
02:50Somebody once told me, you know, in the United States, we wear cars, because we drive everywhere.
02:54And in Europe, they wear clothes.
02:58Oh, la chingona.
03:00La chingona is a badass.
03:02That's what la chingona means.
03:04It's just a badass, you know, you're a chingona.
03:06It used to be a derogatory term, and we've kind of reclaimed it.
03:10So that's when I joined TikTok.
03:11I was like, I have arrived.
03:15I watch it all the time on TikTok or Instagram, because the clips are constant memes.
03:22There's constant fashion references, and it's still in the zeitgeist.
03:26I have so many favorite lines.
03:29So many I probably can't say now, because I'd probably get canceled.
03:32Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
03:37Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
03:39Oh my God, you're serious?
03:40She would say and do things, people wished they could say.
03:44Some of my best friends I met because they were fans of the show.
03:46Serena Williams and I have known each other for 20 years,
03:49since Despert Housewives premiered because she was a big fan of the show.
03:53And she was like, oh my God, I'm a fan.
03:54I was like, I'm a fan.
03:55Oh my God, I'd do a reboot, reunion, redo, reorder.
03:59I would do it all.
04:00I would be the first one to sign up.
04:02I miss being in the skin of Gabby Solis.
04:04I miss her a lot.
04:06Bucket list career?
04:08Oh my god, so much.
04:09I feel like I haven't even tapped into my potential.
04:12My main goal right now is to lift up all these other creators,
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