There’s only one actor who could convince Eva Mendes to return to screens — and she just so happens to be married to him. The actress turned entrepreneur, who retired from her film career in 2014, recently told the U.

Before she stepped away from onscreen work to raise her and Gosling’s daughters, “I was never in love with acting,” Mendes said in a recent interview.

In a rare, candid new interview with The Times, Eva Mendes talked about leaving behind her acting career, her goals for the future, and the most precious part of her life: her family with Ryan Gosling.