Salma Hayek

“At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me.”

“What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real.”

“There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.”

“I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.”

“When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.”

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

“I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.”

“Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.”

“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.”

“When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.”

“What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.”

“If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.”

“Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.”

“I have tried my whole life to represent my Mexican roots with honor and pride.”

“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.”

“I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.”

“I love being a wife and homemaker - because it's my choice. My husband doesn't expect me to do it. I don't mind doing things for him because he does so much for me; we both feel that way so there is no power struggle.”

“I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times.”

“People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.”

“So you have to keep waiting and then they give you the script and it's terrible. Then you have to go to the rewrite and they're very upset because you didn't like it. I went through that for seven years.”