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198 Motivational Salma Hayek Quotes To Start Your Day

Famous As: The First Mexican Actress to be Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress
Born On: September 2, 1966
Born In: Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Age: 57 Years

Salma Hayek says that she does not have stamina in exercise; but has it in life. A naturalized US citizen, she is very proud of her Mexican heritage and talks extensively about her background and culture. Chatting about her first years in the US, she says, “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...” Yet, she made it through sheer determination. In interviews, she has talked about her life and work, about her daughter and her farm, about her ideas on beauty. A well-known woman activist, she has also talked about violence against women and other relevant topics. Here are some of her motivational quotes on love, fun, beauty, life, hope, happiness etc.

It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.

It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.

Salma Hayek
When I speak about freedom, it's about freedom of the spirit. Freedom of the spirit can't be represented by a body. It has to be art. It has to be all the colors. It has to be something that moves and has no boundaries.

When I speak about freedom, it's about freedom of the spirit. Freedom of the spirit can't be represented by a body. It has to be art. It has to be all the colors. It has to be something that moves and has no boundaries.

Salma Hayek
I think being able to be malleable is a great weapon and I'm a very, very good strategist. I create the most amazing strategies in my head and I have created the most extraordinary strategies in my head for my career.

I think being able to be malleable is a great weapon and I'm a very, very good strategist. I create the most amazing strategies in my head and I have created the most extraordinary strategies in my head for my career.

Salma Hayek
Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.

Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.

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

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

Salma Hayek
I might not be famous one day. But I'd still be happy.

I might not be famous one day. But I'd still be happy.

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

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

Salma Hayek
Life, I've got lots of friends. I don't complain.

Life, I've got lots of friends. I don't complain.

Salma Hayek
Leave it to the Catholics to destroy existence.

Leave it to the Catholics to destroy existence.

Salma Hayek
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.

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.

Salma Hayek
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.

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
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.

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
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.

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
I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.

I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.

Salma Hayek
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.

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

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

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

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

Salma Hayek
I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!

I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!

Salma Hayek
I don't want to be size zero and I'm glad I'm not.

I don't want to be size zero and I'm glad I'm not.

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

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

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

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

Salma Hayek
I was an illegal immigrant.

I was an illegal immigrant.

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

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

Salma Hayek
I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.

I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.

Salma Hayek
I'm saving my sick days for when I'm feeling better.

I'm saving my sick days for when I'm feeling better.

Salma Hayek
I'm suspicious of people who talk about their feelings to the whole world

I'm suspicious of people who talk about their feelings to the whole world

Salma Hayek
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.

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.

Salma Hayek
As a woman, you should be more at ease with your sexuality when you are in your 40s...You are more self-assured about that part. And that's the way it should be.

As a woman, you should be more at ease with your sexuality when you are in your 40s...You are more self-assured about that part. And that's the way it should be.

Salma Hayek
You want to do movies that your children can watch, and that your children can have fun at and enjoy the experience of shooting.

You want to do movies that your children can watch, and that your children can have fun at and enjoy the experience of shooting.

Salma Hayek
I'm a country girl. I have to be in nature, so my daughter is exposed to it a lot.

I'm a country girl. I have to be in nature, so my daughter is exposed to it a lot.

Salma Hayek