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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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Famous Salma Hayek Quotes

“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.”

Ifs Giving Long Play Character Care Able Hate Fun Roles Comedy Drama Directors Direct Give Me Don't Care Like Me I Don't Care Hate Me You Hate Me If You Like Me If You Hate Me

Author: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!”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Happens Motivational Life Is Settling Worth It Chasing

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“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.”

Ifs Littles Nice Goes On Work Out Mood Diets Bad Mood

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“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.”

Ifs World Sports Love You Granted Flirting Flirty Great Sports Never Take For Granted

Author: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.”

Ifs Men Wells Romance Order Sleep Animal Nice Dog Bed Romantic Height My Dog Most Romantic Love My Dog

Author:Salma Hayek

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

Ifs Humor Life Is Enjoy Ability Laughing Laughter Tough Life Is Tough

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“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.”

Ifs Giving I Can Problem America Violence Economic Give Me Educational Psychological Domestic Violence Cradle Violence Against Women

Author: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.'”

Ifs Moments Past Guy Strong Complaining Freak Strong Women Not Strong

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“I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.”

Ifs Inspirational Mind Believe Success I Believe I Believe In Accomplish New Year

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

Ifs Giving Feels Products Give Me Why Not Cheer Beauty Products Cheer Me Up

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

Ifs Way Rich Wonderful Buttons Reset Reset Button

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

Ifs Children Stills Heels High Heels

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“When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.”

Ifs Thinking Stills Important Ends Happens Fighting Minutes Happenings Vehicle Worth It

Author:Salma Hayek

“Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.”

Ifs Trying Littles Art Stills Ideas Seems Together Jobs Joy Universe Voice Differences Actresses Activism Making A Difference Entertainers You Can Make A Difference

Author: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.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Doe Happens Faces Moving Skins Sick Muscles Plus Your Face Tempted Trust Me Freeze Botox Atrophy

Author:Salma Hayek

“Do I envy Madonna’s body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you’re fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you put a lifetime’s work in the way you look, then flash it to the world!”

Ifs World Way Looks Body Lifetime Envy Fifty Thank God Flash

Author: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.”

Source: The Juice Generation: 100 Recipes for Fresh Juices and Superfood Smoothies

“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?'”

Ifs Needs Giving Children I Can Mother Hate Cry Baby Letters Hungry My Children Breasts Feds Milk Starving Sierra Sierra Leone Weaning

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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.”

Ifs Knows Want Littles I Can Dream Bigs Desire Girl Willing

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“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.”

Ifs Want Long Lines Growing Lucky Long Time Blessed Classic

Author: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.”

Ifs Knows Enough Exercise Skins Fats Vegetables Tolls Botox

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“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.”

Ifs Numbers Red Wine France Reverse Alarms Good Place Food Love Red Wine

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“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.”

Ifs Trying Feelings Fun Rooms Laughing Fronts Mirrors Blue Sexy Sense Of Humor Locks Laugh At Yourself Feeling Blue

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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.”

Ifs Giving Feelings Faces Moving Laughing Cry Exercise Muscles Your Face

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“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.”

Ifs Want Said Done Wanted Jobs Lines Imagine Ready Actresses Worried Being The Best Frustrated

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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.”

Ifs Giving Looks Made Would Be Faces Mistake Cutting Give Me Painful What If Stomach Plastic Pulling Surgery Ache Made A Mistake Plastic Surgery

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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.”

Ifs Knows Children Mother Willing Capable Our Children Your Children Justify Mexican Nationality

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“I just love life. I'm excited about things in life. I think that if you're excited about life, you are excited about waking up and doing things with your life every day.”

Ifs Thinking Wake Up Excited Love Life Waking Things In Life Excited About Life

Author:Salma Hayek

“I think I'm very good at adjusting to anything and to any situation, and if you are good at being in the moment and adjusting, you can actually have a clear vision of what to do with things or how to do things.”

Ifs Thinking Moments Situation Vision Clear Very Good Adjusting Clear Vision

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“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.”

People Ifs Trying Long Enough Good Things Sticks Conviction Honorable Underestimate Underestimate Me

Author:Salma Hayek

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

People Ifs Looks Suffering Situation Groups Worst Injustice Worst Situation

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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.”

Ifs Knows Want Sweet Exercise Edges Want Something Salty Something Sweet

Author:Salma Hayek

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

Ifs Thinking Giving Give Me Vanity Faster

Author: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.”

Ifs Thinking Children Stills Young Bits Loses Prove Urges Later In Life

Author:Salma Hayek

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Character Happens

Author:Salma Hayek

“Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Dies Process Attention Busy Accepted Impress

Author: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?”

Ifs Thinking Faces Girl Imagine Terrible Late Lips Muscles Surgery Wrinkles Plastic Surgery Botox Tweak

Author:Salma Hayek

About the Author

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

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