2009-11-30 15:05:00 - Eva Mendes gave up her childhood dreams of becoming a nun when she discovered they didn't get paid.

Eva Mendes gave up her childhood dreams of becoming a nun when she discovered they didn't get paid.
The sexy Hitch star admits she was a "prude" as a child and felt a convent career would be perfect for her -

until her sister revealed the poor truths about nuns.
The Ghost Rider actress says, "We grew up, not in a poor, poor family, but lower-middle class; a lot of bills and my mother was always stressing about money and stuff. And I would promise her, 'Mum, I'm gonna buy you a house and pay all your bills one day.'
"My older sister... said, 'How you gonna do all this? Don't you know nuns don't get paid?' And I was like, 'What?'"