Hollywood actors take note: if you're angling for that Oscar-snaring performance, don't look for a great script or director. Just make sure Eva Mendes and her naked ass are on set.

The always-enchanting Latin lovely recently told Total Film mag that her butt is award-winning, noting her costars in We Own the Night and Training Day. According to Female First, she said:

"I don't do nudity just for the sake of it. I've only done it twice before and that was opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Denzel Washington. And Denzel won an Oscar for it... Well not for our scene! For the movie."

Gabriel Macht and Samuel L. Jackson, the stars of Eva's upcoming Frank Miller directed movie, The Spirit, might want to start measuring their walls for Oscar shelves, since yes, she does show her ass in the flick!

"It was supposed to be in shadow. When I saw the scene, I was shocked. It was supposed to be a silhouette. But it wasn't. That's definitely my skin. And that's definitely my behind.

"And honestly I thought my character was such a strong dame and such a throwback that I felt like it was empowering."

If only we could put her golden glutes on our mantelpiece!