Top 100 Quotes About Salma Hayek
#1. I thought it would be easy. I thought it'd take me one year to be Salma Hayek.
Roselyn Sanchez
#2. I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'
Kim Kardashian
#3. You won't be able to take your eyes off the next four presenters: Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz.
Chris Rock
#4. I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me because I was voluptuous and had the accent, but I had blonde hair. It was ignorance: they thought every Latin person looks like Salma Hayek.
Sofia Vergara
#5. It makes me laugh when she says she [Salma Hayek] got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that's what she does to get herself publicity than that's her thing.
Jennifer Lopez
#6. I love Salma Hayek; we've been friends for a really long time. I admire how she has come such a long way and always remained grounded and who she is. She never compromises to follow her vision, and she is loyal. Such qualities only mark the great stars.
Penelope Cruz
#7. In the first place, it's surreal to watch filming, to see the little ideas you had in your head and now Taylor Kitsch is doing it, or Salma Hayek. And then to see it loud and bright onscreen is a trip.
Don Winslow
#8. You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend.. She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant, I would so get in on the coattails.
Catherine Keener
#9. Growing up with Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek - people who were always trying to do something else - I wanted to follow in their footsteps. They gave people a different perspective of how women were supposed to look like and be.
Paula Garces
#10. People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York. She doesn't have an accent. Some of these Latin people - their Spanish is pathetic. They learned it when they became famous as Latinos.
Salma Hayek
#11. No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
Salma Hayek
#12. 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.
Salma Hayek
#13. There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together.
Salma Hayek
#14. It doesnt matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith.
Salma Hayek
#15. 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.
Salma Hayek
#16. If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button.
Salma Hayek
#17. 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.
Salma Hayek
#18. 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.
Salma Hayek
#19. In fighting for women, we fight for humanity. We fight for the future
for everyone.
Salma Hayek
#20. What worries me the most is that most men are so weak. Because of that they act like they don't care and like machos - because they are too fragile inside. They're scared of confrontation and afraid of so many things.
Salma Hayek
#21. My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme brulee,' and 'Caesar salad,' - so I came here thinking I spoke English.
Salma Hayek
#22. If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
Salma Hayek
#23. I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.
Salma Hayek
#24. I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite.
Salma Hayek
#25. I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.
Salma Hayek
#26. Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.
Salma Hayek
#27. If you're feeling blue, lock yourself in a room, stand in front of a mirror, and dance - and laugh at yourself and be sexy. Dance the silliest and ugliest you've ever danced. Make fun of yourself and try to recover your sense of humor.
Salma Hayek
#28. When I speak about freedom, it's about freedom of the spirit. Freedom of the spirit can't be represented by a body. It has to be art. It has to be all the colors. It has to be something that moves and has no boundaries.
Salma Hayek
#29. What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
Salma Hayek
#30. You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'
Salma Hayek
#31. 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!
Salma Hayek
#32. 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.
Salma Hayek
#33. Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like?
Salma Hayek
#34. For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.
Salma Hayek
#35. I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.
Salma Hayek
#36. 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.
Salma Hayek
#38. Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.
Salma Hayek
#39. 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.
Salma Hayek
#40. I might not be famous one day. But I'd still be happy.
Salma Hayek
#41. I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
Salma Hayek
#42. You have to understand that motherhood has to be your priority. It's important work.
Salma Hayek
#43. I think today that's a very big problem because of the world we live in and the social media and everything ... everybody is obsessed with their own identity, but seen through other people.
Salma Hayek
#44. 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.'
Salma Hayek
#45. I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.
Salma Hayek
#46. They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it.
Salma Hayek
#47. What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real.
Salma Hayek
#49. After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.
Salma Hayek
#50. I noticed in the past, a lot of guys who like strong women, they really freak out if you're not strong 24/7. Or they complain about you being strong, then the moment you're not strong, they're like, 'Oh, no, no, no.'
Salma Hayek
#51. I'm not a skinny girl. I push it. I'm at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I'm happy at all times.
Salma Hayek
#52. I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
Salma Hayek
#53. Life, I've got lots of friends. I don't complain.
Salma Hayek
#54. I like to eat. I'm always on the edge of how much can I eat without looking too - you know. If I eat something salty, it makes me want something sweet. I eat something sweet, then I want salty. And exercise is not my thing, though I do it.
Salma Hayek
#55. 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.
Salma Hayek
#56. 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.
Salma Hayek
#57. I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?
Salma Hayek
#58. 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.
Salma Hayek
#59. If it wasn't because of my high heels, I would still be in Coatzacoalcos with 10 children.
Salma Hayek
#60. Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.
Salma Hayek
#61. 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.
Salma Hayek
#62. 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.
Salma Hayek
#63. I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.
Salma Hayek
#64. You know how macho boys get when they're all together? Well, the set of 'Desperado' was like that. They were all trying to put me down, saying, 'Bring on the stuntwoman, Salma can't do that.' But I did everything.
Salma Hayek
#65. I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
Salma Hayek
#66. 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.
Salma Hayek
#67. Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
Salma Hayek
#68. How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
Salma Hayek
#69. 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!
Salma Hayek
#70. I have tried my whole life to represent my Mexican roots with honor and pride.
Salma Hayek
#71. 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.
Salma Hayek
#72. 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.
Salma Hayek
#73. 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.
Salma Hayek
#74. 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.
Salma Hayek
#75. I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
Salma Hayek
#76. If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
Salma Hayek
#77. I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.
Salma Hayek
#78. What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.
Salma Hayek
#79. 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!
Salma Hayek
#80. I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.
Salma Hayek
#81. 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.
Salma Hayek
#82. 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.
Salma Hayek
#83. I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
Salma Hayek
#84. I believe that change keeps you young.
Salma Hayek
#85. I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.
Salma Hayek
#86. Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.
Salma Hayek
#87. I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.
Salma Hayek
#88. 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.
Salma Hayek
#89. It's very easy to feel someone's pain when you love them.
Salma Hayek
#90. Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.
Salma Hayek
#91. It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.
Salma Hayek
#92. People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.
Salma Hayek
#93. My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
Salma Hayek
#94. 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.
Salma Hayek
#95. I love to cook for my husband and daughter. I enjoy going to the market for fresh vegetables.
Salma Hayek
#96. I'm saving my sick days for when I'm feeling better.
Salma Hayek
#97. I'm suspicious of people who talk about their feelings to the whole world
Salma Hayek
#98. Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.
Salma Hayek
#99. For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later.
Salma Hayek
#100. When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.
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