Eva Mendes is questioning her identity as her children with Ryan Gosling grow older. Mendes chose to step away from acting to focus on raising her children.

"It was such a high" to work with partner Ryan Gosling, Mendes said, "that I was like, 'This is a good time to, like, "Seinfeld" it and just walk out'

These days, her main focus is on her family—she shares two daughters with Gosling—and on writing. In fact, her first children's book, Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries, just came out in both English and Spanish. Mendes's latest appearance on GMA marks a stop on her press tour for the book.