Salma Hayek Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone in 2009 and I was weaning my child at that time - she was not there with me. There was a hungry baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, and I thought, 'Why throw away my milk if I can give it to a baby who needs it?'

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Baby, Children

• I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Greatness, Want

• Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

  Salma Hayek

  Beautiful, Mother, Empathy

  "Salma Hayek Is the Coolest Mom on the Planet". Interview with Sheri Reed, thestir.cafemom.com. October 28, 2011.

• I love to cook for my husband and daughter. I enjoy going to the market for fresh vegetables.

  Salma Hayek

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

• I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.

  Salma Hayek

  Daughter, Mother, Travel

  "Salma Hayek: Being super-rich is great". www.today.com. April 18, 2013.

• Being a mother is more exhausting than working, and sometimes I push myself too hard and burn myself out. I can appreciate how exhausting it must be for women who have to do everything themselves all the time.

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Appreciate, Sometimes

  "Salma Hayek: My family values". Interview with Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2013.

• I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.

  Salma Hayek

  Daughter, Mother, People

  "Salma Hayek: My family values". Interview With Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2013.

• 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.

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Family Love, Appreciate

• My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Children, Father

  "Salma Hayek: My family values". Interview with Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2013.

• Somehow I am really relaxed within the chaos of having a baby - and anyone who's a mother knows it's very hard to relax, because there is so much to do and worry about!

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Baby, Worry

  "Salma on Her Lifesaving Work (and Brand-New Baby)". Interview with Eve Ensler, www.glamour.com. March 2, 2008.

• I'm a country girl. I have to be in nature, so my daughter is exposed to it a lot.

  Salma Hayek

  Girl, Daughter, Mother

  "Salma Hayek Interview Grown Ups". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. June 22, 2010.

• A mother is willing and capable of doing anything for her children. You can justify it if you do something for your children, especially as a Mexican mother. I don't know about some other nationalities, but the Mexican mothers are like that. They will do anything for their children.

  Salma Hayek

  Mother, Children, Mexican

  "Blake Lively & Salma Hayek Interview, Savages". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. August 29, 2018.

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