Longoria: 'God guided me into acting'

Eva Longoria Parker has revealed that she believes God guided her into acting.

The Desperate Housewives star, who is married to basketball player Tony Parker, said that she never considered becoming an actress until she felt guidance "from above" leading her towards it.

Longoria Parker told Bang Showbiz: "Literally one day I said, 'I'm going to be an actress.' I never put a thought to it. I never said, 'When I graduate from college, I want to be an actress.' That thought never occurred to me.

"I have a strong faith in God and at that time I felt this amazing guidance coming from above and that gave me strength."

She added: "It was this special force pushing me to come to Los Angeles and I said, 'OK, I'm not going to fight it.' But I always felt very protected. And I felt like this was the place I was meant to be."