Salma Hayek

"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."

"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."

"If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice."

"My grandmother was energetic and fearless - a talented poet and songwriter. She was also interested in chemistry and history and medicine, taking care of the people in her hacienda in Mexico, delivering babies. She could have become anything, but this was the 1930s, and she was forced into an arranged marriage."

"My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet."

"What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged."

"When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it."