Quote

They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it.

Salma Hayek

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Salma Hayek
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: September 2
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Film Director
Film Producer
Singer
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Salma Hayek Jiménez
Salma Hayek Jimenez
Salma Hayek Pinault
Make
Mexico
Hollywood
Nobody
Crazy
Thought
Going

More quotes by Salma Hayek

Image
~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
Image
Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
Salma Hayek
Image
Life is tough and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.
Salma Hayek
Image
When I finally decided to leave school and pursue acting, my parents didn't take it very lightly. My friends thought that it was the tackiest thing they'd ever heard of. Acting was really beneath them. They couldn't believe that I would want to become an actress. Not now, of course.
Salma Hayek
Image
What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.
Salma Hayek
Image
I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.
Salma Hayek
Image
So you have to keep waiting and then they give you the script and it's terrible. Then you have to go to the rewrite and they're very upset because you didn't like it. I went through that for seven years.
Salma Hayek
Image
You know Latin people? African-American people? How our skin ages more slowly? Even though we're dramatic, we move our faces, we eat higher-fat foods, we're the ones with fewer wrinkles - it makes you wonder.
Salma Hayek
Image
Sometimes when we try to get outside of ourselves, to be like someone else, you miss out on so many beautiful things that you don't know that you are because you're looking at someone else.
Salma Hayek
Image
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.
Salma Hayek
Image
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.'
Salma Hayek
Image
My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
Salma Hayek
Image
I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.
Salma Hayek
Image
I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.
Salma Hayek
Image
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.
Salma Hayek
Image
I might not be famous one day. But I'd still be happy.
Salma Hayek
Image
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?
Salma Hayek
Image
What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
Salma Hayek
Image
Leave it to the Catholics to destroy existence.
Salma Hayek
Image
Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.
Salma Hayek