Quotes by Salma Hayek

About Salma Hayek:

Salma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American film actress, director, and producer. She began her career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa and went on to star in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley) for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award. In 1991 Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as Desperado (1995), Dogma (1999), and Wild Wild West (1999).
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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.

Salma Hayek

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

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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.

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

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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 indulgenc...

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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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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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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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I didn't think marriage worked. I thought everybody who was married was secretly miserable - that it was something they just put up with for their children.

Salma Hayek

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...

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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 ...

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I aim for a lifetime full of movies.

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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 lat...

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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.'

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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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I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameSalma Hayek
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornSeptember 2, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Mexico
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Film Director
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour; Daytime Emmy Award