Salma Hayek Quotes & Sayings

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

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

I have tried my whole life to represent my Mexican roots with honor and pride. — Salma Hayek

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

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

Imagine if I'd said, 'I have to be the best actress - I want that and nothing else.' I never would have directed. I never would have produced. I never would have done a beauty line. I would have just worried about getting a job or been frustrated that I wasn't getting the job that I wanted. I was ready to be a businesswoman. — Salma Hayek

My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time! — Salma Hayek

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? — Salma Hayek

I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role. — Salma Hayek

How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself. — Salma Hayek

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

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

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. — Salma Hayek

I don't have stamina in exercise ... but I have it in life. — Salma Hayek

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

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. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

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. — 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. — Salma Hayek

So you have to keep waiting and then they give you the script and it's terrible. Then you have to go to the rewrite and they're very upset because you didn't like it. I went through that for seven years. — Salma Hayek

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp. — Salma Hayek

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

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. — Salma Hayek

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

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

They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

I'm suspicious of people who talk about their feelings to the whole world — Salma Hayek

In fighting for women, we fight for humanity. We fight for the future
for everyone. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times. — Salma Hayek

At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me. — Salma Hayek

I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is really a character to play. It's fun to be able to have a character and have a director that can direct you into a character. I'm just so happy that I got a good role. I don't care if it's bad or if it's good, and I don't care if it's drama or comedy. They are just so rare to come across. — Salma Hayek

When I finally decided to leave school and pursue acting, my parents didn't take it very lightly. My friends thought that it was the tackiest thing they'd ever heard of. Acting was really beneath them. They couldn't believe that I would want to become an actress. Not now, of course. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style. — Salma Hayek

I'm a country girl. I have to be in nature, so my daughter is exposed to it a lot. — Salma Hayek

Love food and I love to eat. — Salma Hayek

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

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

I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection! — Salma Hayek

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do. — Salma Hayek

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

There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together. — Salma Hayek

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

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

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. — Salma Hayek

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

I have always been an active part of my community. — Salma Hayek

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

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

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. — Salma Hayek

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! — Salma Hayek

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven. — Salma Hayek

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

I don't want to be size zero and I'm glad I'm not. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

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?' — Salma Hayek

I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe. — Salma Hayek

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

My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

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

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

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

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. — Salma Hayek

I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world. — Salma Hayek

I'm saving my sick days for when I'm feeling better. — Salma Hayek

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

I believe that change keeps you young. — Salma Hayek

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

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

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

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

Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food. — Salma Hayek

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

Make yourself smell nice. I even wear perfume sometimes when I'm alone. — Salma Hayek

It doesnt matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith. — Salma Hayek

I was an illegal immigrant. — Salma Hayek

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women. — Salma Hayek

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

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. — Salma Hayek

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

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

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

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. — Salma Hayek

What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place. — Salma Hayek

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

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

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

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

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

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

Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are. — Salma Hayek

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. — Salma Hayek

I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely. — Salma Hayek