Salma Hayek Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: September 2, 1966

Topics

BeautyBestJobReadySaidDone

Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine.

Jill Soloway

TechnologyServicePeoplePrivilege

When it comes to clothing, I've got one really hard and fast rule: never wear beige. That's such an old-lady colour.

Jerry Hall

FastNeverHardColourClothingGot

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Andy Goldsworthy

SnowChildhoodReachBackRight

My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles.

Mike Krzyzewski

CommunityTimeParentsCityToo Much

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs.

Donald Rumsfeld

MistakesHelpYouKnowTrySee

I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important.

Christopher Meloni

WorkLoveSayingAttentionActing

Whenever I try to do something, I figure out what other people aren't doing or how can I do it different or how can I stand out.

Clinton Sparks

PeopleStandDoingTryOutHow

You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've put on weight.

Christy Turlington

HappyYouTellWeightFactPut

Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.

Anthony de Mello

LoveRulesObedienceBreakKnows

Everything is a risk in Pakistan: If you defend women, it's a risk. If you defend non-Muslims it's a risk. If you discuss religion, it's a risk. But you can't really sit there like a vegetable in your own society. And I'm committed to that society... and I feel I need to turn around and speak as I should.

Asma Jahangir

WomenReligionSocietySpeakYou

Culture is our nature, and the ability to learn and change is our most important and fundamental instinct.

Alison Gopnik

NatureChangeCultureLearnAbility

If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it.

William Shatner

OpportunityFoolSomethingAround

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