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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#art #background #candy #child #culture

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#enjoy #laugh #life #tough #you

Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#along #beautiful #beautiful women #chance #gave

For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#coming #five #four #going #i

Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#because #definitely #embracing #exist #grown

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

#born #either #family #friend #had

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

#diana ross #experience #got #grew #her

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

— Salma Hayek

#been #every #gone #got #heart

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