Salma Hayek Quotes

They won't take you seriously because you are a girl. These guys had to understand that you are just as tough as them, and you have to take them on.

I didn't want to be good for a girl: I wanted to be as good, if not better than, all the guys.

I wish I were as tough and strong as the women that I'm lucky enough to portray.

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

I like to hang with the boys and I like to prove that I can be one of the boys, if not better.

Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.

I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.

I'm the female Jay-Z. I never compared myself to other women artists. I compared myself with the best, and the best is Jay-Z.

As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.

When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

I always feel like one of the guys and very unintimidated.

Women must try to do things as men have tried.

Growing up, we tend to challenge each other. We've got to be the toughest, the strongest, the bravest men that we can be. And for many of us, myself included, our identities are wrapped up in whether or not at the end of the day we feel like we're man enough.

You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity.

I just want to prove that I can do anything any other female model can do.

I seem to get a general reaction at just, like, 'Oh! A mustache!' but mostly people are fine with it. But I don't actually do it for the ladies. It's more a guy thing, an appreciation. All the dudes want to do it, but they don't have the balls to do it, so they just give me the nod.

Male bonding is the idea of having the confidence to say, 'I'm going to take you down.'

There's two things I really like to do and that's whoop ass and look good. I'm doing one of them right now and on Saturday night, I'm doing the other.

I am here to say that there is no drawback to being a woman in business. But if you think it's a drawback, then it probably does work against you. It's like playing poker. People will look for your weak spot, and your weak spot is only what you allow it to be.

I have never let gender get in my way.

This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didn’t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did in the old days. She flaunted it and, having been given more than any woman before her, demanded even more than that.

I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am.

I love women. They're the best thing ever created. If they want to be like men and come down to our level, that's fine.