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• I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

  Salma Hayek

  Men, Thinking, Black

  "Salma Hayek and Pierce Brosnan talk about After the Sunset!". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. November 9, 2004.

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• I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.

  Salma Hayek

  Listening, Mexico, Records

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• 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

  Dog, Horse, Cat

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• If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.

  Salma Hayek

  Moving, Exercise, Giving

  "Salma Hayek Pinault Opens Up About Marriage and Motherhood". Interview with Lori Berger, www.redbookmag.com. October 18, 2011.

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• 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

  Running, Children, Growing Up

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• Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days.

  Salma Hayek

  Moving, Thinking, Sick

  "Salma Hayek Talks Acne, Depression, & Botox" by Kacy Ray, www.foxnews.com. April 5, 2012.

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• If it wasn't because of my high heels, I would still be in Coatzacoalcos with 10 children.

  Salma Hayek

  Children, High Heels, Stills

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• There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

  Salma Hayek

  Cannes Film Festival, Directors, Female

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

  Salma Hayek

  Crazy, Hollywood, Mexico

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. September, 2003.

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• I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.

  Salma Hayek

  Daughter, Mother, Travel

  "Salma Hayek: Being super-rich is great". www.today.com. April 18, 2013.

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• Imagine if I'd said, 'I have to be the best actress - I want that and nothing else.' I never would have directed. I never would have produced. I never would have done a beauty line. I would have just worried about getting a job or been frustrated that I wasn't getting the job that I wanted. I was ready to be a businesswoman.

  Salma Hayek

  Jobs, Frustrated, Want

  "Salma Inc". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.marieclaire.com. April 11, 2012.

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• My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.

  Salma Hayek

  Hollywood, Mexico, Driving

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• 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

  Speak English, Long, Mexico

  "Oprah Talks to Salma Hayek". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. September 2003.

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• My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme brulee,' and 'Caesar salad,' - so I came here thinking I spoke English.

  Salma Hayek

  Thinking, Sweaters, Blue

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• My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Children, Father

  "Salma Hayek: My family values". Interview with Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2013.

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• They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.

  Salma Hayek

  Happy Friday, Role Models, Directors

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• My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.

  Salma Hayek

  Girl, Sweet, Play

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• I can learn my lines fine. It’s just reading them in the first place that is the problem.

  Salma Hayek

  Reading, Lines, Firsts

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• 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.

  Salma Hayek

  Believe, Heart, Love Is

  Eric Helms, Amely Greeven, Salma Hayek (2014). “The Juice Generation: 100 Recipes for Fresh Juices and Superfood Smoothies”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.

  Salma Hayek

  Character, Thinking, Remembered

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• I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

  Salma Hayek

  Fun, Agriculture, Chickens

  "Salma Hayek and Pierce Brosnan talk about After the Sunset!". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. November 9, 2004.

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• I don’t have stamina in exercise...but I have it in life.

  Salma Hayek

  Exercise, Stamina

  "Salma Hayek Covers More Magazine: Actress Talks ‘Sexting’ Her Husband Francois-Henri Pinault 350 280". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2012.

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• How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.

  Salma Hayek

  Character, Different, Describe Myself

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• When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.

  Salma Hayek

  Party, Careers, Upset

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• If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button.

  Salma Hayek

  Reset Button, Buttons, Way

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