HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Eva Mendes wants Americans to loosen up when it comes to being nude.

In an interview with Spanish Vogue, the 34-year-old actress speaks out on the recent controversy surrounded her banned Calvin Klein Secret Obsession commercial.

"I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity," she says. "We seem okay with violence, but nudity we race to criticize and censor. I'm not at all ashamed or frightened about showing my body."