Salma Hayek Quotes
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
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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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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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If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button.
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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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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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I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.
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I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.
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I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.
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I don't want to be size zero and I'm glad I'm not.
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
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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.'
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I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone in 2009 and I was weaning my child at that time - she was not there with me. There was a hungry baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, and I thought, 'Why throw away my milk if I can give it to a baby who needs it?'
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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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My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.
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I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.
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Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.
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I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.
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The truth is, I just don't have the drive to be the prettiest and the thinnest. I can be happy for other people for their beauty.
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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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I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.
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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.
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I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetable, I eat everything. If you exercise and you don't eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin.