Salma Hayek quotes - page 3

Salma Hayek is a Mexican-American actress, producer, and director widely recognized for her work in Hollywood and international cinema. Her breakthrough role in the film "Frida" earned her widespread acclaim and various award nominations. She continues to be an influential figure in the entertainment industry and a prominent advocate for women's rights. Here are 157 of her quotes:

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.

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I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.

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For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later.

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I didn't stop dreaming until I finished the film. But the dream was the movie, not the Oscar.

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Every day, I define myself. I know who I am today. I don't promise you anything for tomorrow.

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To dream big doesn't necessarily mean to imagine becoming the biggest movie star in the world. Dreaming big is about taking the simplest thing in life and enjoying it - and seeing it as the biggest thing that can possibly exist.

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When you open a door for others to have an opinion on your relationship, it can be dangerous. Find what you need, not what everyone else wants for you. Women have been taught that in order to have a place in the world, an identity, they must marry and have children. If that's the life you truly want, great. But for many women, marriage is only about needing the world to know that someone desires them enough to say, "Here's a contract to prove that I love you and will commit to you for the rest of my life."

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The whole society is obsessed.... I'm not complaining - I'm just saying, "Don't be too impressed with me. Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress." I only wear the expensive clothes because I get them free and I'm too lazy to go out and look for my own.

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I don't believe you really have to be any of those things. You simply have to be who you are.

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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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I'm a bit of an abstract figure that people can project their fantasies on; it's pretty much what we all are, otherwise we wouldn't be stars, and people wouldn't be interested. But people project things on you that have nothing to do with what you really are, or they see a little something and then exaggerate it. And you can't really control that.

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Your children may not listen to you - so you also have to be brave enough to respect their dreams.

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Now many who start in this business come to me for advice and ask, "How do I get started?" And I have to say, "I honestly have no idea." I think it's a bunch of accidents that happen to you and somehow you survive them and take advantage of them and something magical happens - and you have an agent.

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The difference is very easy to understand. If you enjoy the process, it's your dream. ... If you are enduring the process, just desperate for the result, it's somebody else's dream.

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I want to do one movie that if I die the next day, I know I left one thing in this world that I was very proud of, that other people can see, that meant something to me, that had my voice.

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I'm going to tell you something: There's an element to that passion that I always leave out and that I have recently learned to understand, and it has helped me a lot. ... I was okay if it didn't happen.

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Hello? That's another cliché! It's getting yourself out of one box to put yourself in another. The way to fight a cliché is not by creating another one. What breaks the cliché is the emergence of strong individuals.

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Yes, I'm beautiful ... I am beautiful and famous - and yet the things I like about myself have nothing to do with that, because I don't use wealth and beauty to define myself.

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I came here and realized how truly limited my English was, and it was very scary. I soon realized it wasn't going to be hard to learn - it was going to be nearly impossible.

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I'm not just going to be the pretty face that disappears. I've learnt how to produce, to direct, to write. I'm not disposable so easily anymore. When I am 60, I can keep directing. I have the potential to really, truly have a voice that makes a difference.

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I live a wonderful life, and I lack for nothing. Maybe that does make it easier for me to say, "Be who you are" - but I always tell people they shouldn't be too impressed with wealth and fame. They shouldn't worship it. I am in this machine, but I haven't completely given my soul to it.

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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.

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