Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek is a Mexican-American film actress, producer, and former model. She began her career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa and starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagrosfor which she was nominated for an Ariel Award. In 1991 Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in movies such as Desperado, Dogma, and Wild Wild West...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth2 September 1966
CityCoatzacoalcos, Mexico
CountryMexico
They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it.
My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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.
I can learn my lines fine. It’s just reading them in the first place that is the problem.
When I'm doing a movie, that's when I relax. As stressful as it can be, as much pressure as it should be, making movies is still the place where I feel the most at ease and I truly enjoy it. That's why I make so many.
Leave it to the Catholics to destroy existence.
It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don't get them because I have an accent.
I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.
Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.
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.'
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 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.