Salma Hayek Quotes

#1. As a woman, you should be more at ease with your sexuality when you are in your 40s ... You are more self-assured about that part. And that's the way it should be.

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#2. There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together.

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#3. It doesnt matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith.

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#4. There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.

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#5. If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button.

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#6. I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.

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#7. It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don't get them because I have an accent.

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#8. If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.

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#9. I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.

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#10. I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite.

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#11. I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

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#12. Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.

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#13. What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

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#14. I am so, so lucky. I am the luckiest girl in the world, really. And still with access to everything I could possibly want I still say 'Oh dear, what am I going to wear today?' There's no ending to that question!

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#15. A mother is willing and capable of doing anything for her children. You can justify it if you do something for your children, especially as a Mexican mother. I don't know about some other nationalities, but the Mexican mothers are like that. They will do anything for their children.

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#16. You know Latin people? African-American people? How our skin ages more slowly? Even though we're dramatic, we move our faces, we eat higher-fat foods, we're the ones with fewer wrinkles - it makes you wonder.

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#17. I was an illegal immigrant.

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#18. Being a mother is more exhausting than working, and sometimes I push myself too hard and burn myself out. I can appreciate how exhausting it must be for women who have to do everything themselves all the time.

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#19. You have to understand that motherhood has to be your priority. It's important work.

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#20. When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

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#21. I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

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#22. I aim for a lifetime full of movies.

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#23. I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

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#24. Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.

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#25. There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.

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#26. I just love life. I'm excited about things in life. I think that if you're excited about life, you are excited about waking up and doing things with your life every day.

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#27. If it wasn't because of my high heels, I would still be in Coatzacoalcos with 10 children.

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#28. I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.

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#29. When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.

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#30. I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.

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#31. Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories.

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#32. Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.

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#33. How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.

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#34. Do I envy Madonna's body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you're fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you put a lifetime's work in the way you look, then flash it to the world!

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#35. I believe eating well, and with people you love, is about feeding your body, heart, and soul - I used juicing to ensure I covered my nutritional bases every day, and as a tool to restore inner balance if my body needed a break from too much indulgence.

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#36. When you are passionate about life, it keeps you young. Sometimes I wake up at 4:00 am just to see how my roses look.

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#37. I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.

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#38. Sometimes when we try to get outside of ourselves, to be like someone else, you miss out on so many beautiful things that you don't know that you are because you're looking at someone else.

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#39. I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.

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#40. What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.

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#41. Life is about chasing after the things you think are truly worth it, even if they don't happen, I'd rather have nothing but know I didn't settle for something I didn't want!

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#42. I love being a wife and homemaker - because it's my choice. My husband doesn't expect me to do it. I don't mind doing things for him because he does so much for me; we both feel that way so there is no power struggle.

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#43. I don't think we are the same, women and men. We're different. But I don't think we are less than men. There are more women than men in the world - ask any single woman! So, it is shocking that men are in more positions of power.

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#44. I believe that change keeps you young.

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#45. I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.

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#46. They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.

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#47. It's very easy to feel someone's pain when you love them.

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#48. Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

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#49. If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you're in a good place and you're in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.

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#50. I love to cook for my husband and daughter. I enjoy going to the market for fresh vegetables.

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#51. I'm saving my sick days for when I'm feeling better.

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#52. I'm suspicious of people who talk about their feelings to the whole world

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#53. Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.

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#54. Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.

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#55. People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.

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#56. Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.

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#57. I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.

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#58. I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.

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#59. I think I'm very good at adjusting to anything and to any situation, and if you are good at being in the moment and adjusting, you can actually have a clear vision of what to do with things or how to do things.

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#60. Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

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#61. I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.

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#62. There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

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#63. I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.

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#64. I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.

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#65. I can learn my lines fine. It's just reading them in the first place that is the problem.

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#66. Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

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#67. Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

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#68. I always look forward to seeing a man who has more brains than me.

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#69. I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.

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#70. My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.

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#71. This is not love. It is a crime ... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.

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#72. Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.

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#73. Somehow I am really relaxed within the chaos of having a baby - and anyone who's a mother knows it's very hard to relax, because there is so much to do and worry about!

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#74. When I'm doing a movie, that's when I relax. As stressful as it can be, as much pressure as it should be, making movies is still the place where I feel the most at ease and I truly enjoy it. That's why I make so many.

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#75. I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.

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#76. I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.

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#77. If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance.

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#78. If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

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#79. It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.

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#80. I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!

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#81. Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.

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#82. You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when you're in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that.

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#83. My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.

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#84. I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.

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#85. I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.

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#86. When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.

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#87. I don't want to be size zero and I'm glad I'm not.

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#88. There were many times when I had to emotionally come to terms with the fact that maybe I wasn't ever going to get married. And I started getting comfortable with that.

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#89. Love food and I love to eat.

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#90. What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.

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#91. Leave it to the Catholics to destroy existence.

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#92. And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.

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#93. The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.

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#94. If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.

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#95. You want to do movies that your children can watch, and that your children can have fun at and enjoy the experience of shooting.

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#96. I have always been an active part of my community.

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#97. No surgical tweaks. No Botox either. I think it is terrible, these girls in their late 20s injecting their faces and lips. One told me, If I kill my muscles now, I'll never get wrinkles. Can you imagine?

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#98. Make yourself smell nice. I even wear perfume sometimes when I'm alone.

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#99. My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!

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#100. Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?

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