Notorious: Eva, you have gotten yourself the ideal American man. He's powerful, he's rich, he has a great body. He's really sort of a macho man type, at least on the exterior.

Tico: [Laughs] Who's that?

Notorious: Is Tico the type of man you thought you were going to get, the sort you dreamed about back in Czechoslovakia?

Eva: No, not me. I didn't imagine the sort of way he was supposed to look. To me, it doesn't matter. It's about the heart and the personality and the charm.

Tico: Did you ever dream of a man with a hairy chest?

Eva: No, I wasn't really dreaming about a hairy chest. [Laughs] I wouldn't put it that way. I guessed he would be a dark-haired man as far as the outside looks. Tico is very sexy, though. He's sexy the way he looks. He's sexy the way he is. His voice. Everything.

Notorious: Do you think that's because he comes from Cuba? There's a stereotype that Cuban men are very arousing.

Eva: Right. Probably. Yes, I guess so. It might have something to do with it. I wouldn't give Cuba all the credit, but I think that the Latin part has a lot to do with his being aggressive. Hot-blooded. You know when he like fires up really easily and quickly, and then he just cools down.

Notorious: I hear you're a potter, Eva. Did Tico ever threaten to break any of your pottery?

Eva: They're not breakable because they're not fired yet. I bought this computerized kiln. At first I Sat there and watched it for like twelve hours, and I still couldn't figure out how it works.

Notorious: Were you inspired by that Patrick Swayze movie?

Tico: Ghost.

Eva: Oh, that was so beautiful. That was really gorgeous. So sensitive.

Tico: We watched that together. I said, we have to try that.

Eva: Making pottery's very calming and it's creative and it's, you know, when you're like in your own world, you have a creative thing that's going through your head. You just go. Travel in your mind. It's cool.

Tico: It's a good escape.

Notorious: Have you found more time to read? I heard you only have time to read cookbooks in the bathroom.

Eva: I love cookbooks. I just bought another three this weekend.

Notorious: Are you starting to cook?

Tico: She's quite a cook.

Eva: Yes, though there's not much time.

Tico: You cook pretty good.

Eva: I do cook when I have time.

Notorious: So what's your specialty?

Eva: I love risotto. An Italian dish.

Tico: It's really good.

Notorious: Do you find food sexy?

Eva: It's a part of life.

Tico: I find it very sexy.

Notorious: Did you ever have a meal and then watch 9 1/2 Weeks?

Eva: No, not like that. That's pretty cool.

Tico: I always get turned on after dinner for some reason.

Eva: Excuse me?

Tico: I always feel more sexual after dinner.

Notorious: On a full stomach.

Tico: Yeah.

Eva: The stomach is everything.

Tico: There's something about Eva when she's cooking. It tastes good because of the love you put in it. It's not the ingredients, it's the effort and love that really transcends the food. The first time she cooked, I think it was a chicken dish and it was like, I can say it now because she's cooking great now, but at the time it was like, "Oh! I'm going to be on a diet." It was tough.

Eva: Don't piss me off. Come on! It was eatable.

Tico: It was edible.

Eva: Edible. It was.

Tico: Well, I didn't die.

Notorious (to Tico): I was surprised to read that your reviewers compared your paintings to Francis Bacon and Edvard Munch. Were you?

Tico: Yeah. [Laughs] Wouldn't anybody be? Ten people can look at the same painting and walk away with a different feeling, which is pretty cool.

Notorious (to Eva): Did you know you were marrying a painter?

Eva: No. No. No. Tico was a -

Tico: Closet painter. Eva's the reason I even showed anything. She just said, "You got to show this."

Notorious: Would you ever let Tico paint your pots?

Eva: No. He does his own thing.

Tico: What?

Eva: He asked, "Would I let you paint my pots?"

Tico: Your pots?

Eva: No. He does his own.

Tico: I do my own pots.

Eva: Exactly. [Laughs]

Tico: I would love to do your pots, baby.

Eva: Would you?

Tico: Yeah.

Eva: Really.

Tico: Yeah.

Eva: Okay. It's a deal.