#oman

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. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#could #directors #discrimination #endure #first

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#alone #feel #like #physical #victim

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

— Salma Hayek

#fools #girl #i #movie #new

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 #director #female #festival #film

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

#because #before #capable #did #direct

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#been #conquer #found #had #latin

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net. ↗

— Cynthia Heimel

#like #man #man needs #needs #net

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#half #i #i do #know #she

I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#adult #being #completely #fell #i

The only woman I have played in my career was my wife and I beat her easily! But she wasn't much good. ↗

— John Higgins

#career #easily #good #her #i