Also, the fact that she took all the different tragedies or difficulties in her life and made the best out of them, and not only made the best out of them, but did it in an interesting way. From pain, she did art and poetry; from the infidelities of her husband, she found freedom.
And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.
But what kind of music are Latins singing? It's American pop with one or two words in Spanish. However, it will open doors in the long run, but the reality now is that many of my friends who are brilliant actors are out of a job while we are sitting here talking about how hot Latins are.
Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.
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.
For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.
How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
I aim for a lifetime full of movies.
I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.
I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.
I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.
I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.
I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.
I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.
I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.
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.
I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.
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.
I think it would make Frida so happy that through her life story for the first time, a female director wins an Oscar.
I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.
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 want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.
I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.
I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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.
Making films is really hard, and if it has anything that's a little bit out of the mainstream, then it's really hard to get made.
My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.
My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!
My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
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.
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.
Sometimes it takes men years to realise that their woman is trying to help them or sometimes it's hard for them to express it.
Then it's like heaven. That is paradise, when you get to take time off and have fun.
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.
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.
There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.
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.
What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.
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.
You have to embrace the character for everything that she was, without any judgement, and throw yourself completely, completely into it.
Salma is engaged to a buisnessman Francois-Henri Pinault. They're also expecting they're first child together.
Robert Towne gave her the script for Frida eight years before they produce the movie. She declined the offer because she didn't understood the character of Frida.
Her favorites movies are It Happened One Night, The Graduate, Gone with the Wind and Casablanca.
She enjoys art.
She was named Best Newcomer at the 1989 Novela Awards.
She studied International Relations & Drama at College in Mexico City.
Salma was Cora in the 1996 film Fled.
Salma was Rita in the 1995 film Fair Game.
Salma starred in the movie Fools Rush In with "Friends" actor
Salma did gymnastics when she was a child.
Salma has appeared in magazine ads for GAP clothing.
Salma has a few pet dogs. She told
Salma appeared in the film Wild, Wild West.
Salma directed a music video "Te Amo Corazon" for
Salma is good friends with
Salma received an Oscar nomination for Frida.
Salma's father is Lebanese and her mother is Spanish.
Salma's Hollywood debut was in Desperado.
Salma had an uncredited appearance in the film Traffic.
Salma was sent to a boarding school in Louisiana when she was 12.
Salma is able to speak in English, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Salma is Hollywood's highest paid Latina actress at $20 million in contracts.
Salma is part of the Aldo campaign to fight against AIDS.
Salma is good friends with actress
Salma was named one of the ten most stylish women in the world by Mr. Blackwell (aka Richard Selzer) in 1997. InStyle named her the most stylish celebrity of 2003 and Eonline.com ranked her as the best dressed female celebrity.
Salma was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the '50 Most Beautiful People in the World', in 1996.
Salma is dyslexic.
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