Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Her full name is Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez. Salma Hayek is a Mexican-American actress & producer. Salma started her career in Mexico’s role in the telenovela Teresa & in film El Callejón de Los Milagros, which was nominated for an Ariel Award. Salma Hayek moved to Hollywood in 1991. She appears with different roles in films such as Desperado, Wild Wild West & From Dusk till Dawn. in 2002, Salma’s breakthrough role was in the film Frida. which was nominated for Best Actress for the Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award & BAFTA Award, which Salma also produced.
Salma Hayek achieves so many awards such as Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award, nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Salma Hayek’s recent Hit movies such as The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Like a Boss, Puss in Boots, Tale of Tales, Grown-Ups & Grown Ups 2. Salma Hayek estimated net worth of about $115 million.
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Salma Hayek Quotes
1.“Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.” — Salma Hayek
2.“This is not loving. 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
3.“It’s very easy to feel someone’s pain when you love them.”– Salma Hayek
4.“Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?”– Salma Hayek
5.“In fighting for women, we fight for humanity. We fight for the future — for everyone.”– Salma Hayek
6.“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
7.“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.”– Salma Hayek
8.“Leave it to the Catholics to destroy existence.”– Salma Hayek
9.“Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.”– 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
11.“Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.”– Salma Hayek
12.“Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.”– Salma Hayek
13.“No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.”– Salma Hayek
14.“Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.”– Salma Hayek
15.“Sometimes evolving doesn’t mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.”– Salma Hayek
16.“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
17.“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
18.“I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconceivable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.”– Salma Hayek
19.“What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you’re never discouraged.”– 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
21.“I have tried my whole life to represent my Mexican roots with honor and pride.”– Salma Hayek
22.“~When Valentina was not even 1 month old, my aunt [gave me the best advice]: ‘Put her to sleep yourself every night. Sing to her and cradle her in your arms and sit by her side – every night. Because one day you won’t be able to, and it’s going to happen really fast.~”– Salma Hayek
23.“I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.”– Salma Hayek
24.“I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.”– Salma Hayek
25.“I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.”– Salma Hayek
26.“My grandmother was energetic and fearless – a talented poet and songwriter. She was also interested in chemistry and history and medicine, taking care of the people in her hacienda in Mexico, delivering babies. She could have become anything, but this was the 1930s, and she was forced into an arranged marriage.”– Salma Hayek
27.“I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.”– Salma Hayek
28.“…you have to understand that motherhood has to be your priority. It’s important to work.”– Salma Hayek
29.“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.’”– Salma Hayek
“I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.”– Salma Hayek
31.“I believe that change keeps you young.”– Salma Hayek
32.“It doesn’t matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith.”– Salma Hayek