273 Quotes by Salma Hayek

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

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'm not a skinny girl. I push it. I'm at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I'm happy at all times.

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.

I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.

Make yourself smell nice. I even wear perfume sometimes when I'm alone.

I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.

There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together.

My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!