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Film actress

Salma Hayek is a Mexican actress, director, producer, and activist, born on September 2, 1966. She is renowned for her exceptional performances in films such as 'Frida' and 'The Love Letter'. Hayek is celebrated for her contributions to gender equality and Latin American culture.

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“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.”

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

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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.”

Thinking Children Married Miserable

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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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“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?”

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“My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.”

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“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.”

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

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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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Author:Salma Hayek

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Born: September 2, 1966
Known for: Film actress
Quotes: 165

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