' I have stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection '!
BIOGRAPHY
The amazing Salma Hayek was born on September 2nd 1966 in the oil boomtown of Coatzacolcos, Mexico . Hayek has freely admitted that she and her brother Sami were spoiled rotten by her well to do Lebanese Mexican businessman father and her Mexican born opera singing mother . After having seen Willy Wonka and Chololate Factory 1971 in a local movie theatre , Salma decided she wanted to become an actress. Her education included a stint at a New Orleans convent school where she pulled pranks on the nuns by setting their clock back three hours. She was soon expelled . Only after attending Mexico City Universidad Iberoamericana did she feel ready to purse acting seriously.FILMOGRAPHY
In 1991, the ambitious Hayek moved to Los Angeles, determined to improve her English and become a Hollywood actress. After small gigs, she landed a role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado. The success of the film garnered her work in relatively lackluster movies, including the teen thriller The Faculty, 1999's Wild Wild West and 1997's Fools Rush In. Subsequently, Hayek became engaged with smaller, independent pictures and started her own production company, Ventanarosa.
Hayek's increasingly intellectual and passionate approach to filmmaking culminated in her dream role in 2002'sFrida, in which she both produced and starred. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including a Best Actress nomination for Hayek, who was the first Latin actress to be nominated in the category.
Large-scale projects followed the success of Frida, including directing 2002's The Maldonado Miracle, starring in the final episode of the Desperado trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and appearing in the heist thriller After The Sunset with Pierce Brosnan.
PERSONAL QUOTES
I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.
I act tall!" "But look how short I am...I can't even act to be tall. I'm five-two. I can't even create the illusion that I am tall!
At the beginning [my career] was hard. People were like, 'Who is this Mexican jumping bean?'
"In my twenties I was offered lots of parts where there wasn't much to do but act sexy. I still get offered those roles - but now I take it as a compliment." Woman's World (7-11-06)
About Madonna: "She always paid attention to the Latin community. I was grateful somebody like her appreciated our culture" (InStyle magazine, Sept 2006).
If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance.
It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.