Quotes By Salma Hayek

I have always been an active part of my community.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.

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.

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

Love food and I love to eat.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.'

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.

I aim for a lifetime full of movies.

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.

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