![]() “There are many directors that don’t want someone opinionated. Hayek acknowledges her outspoken nature may have cost her some roles. No one was interested in her adaptation of the Colombian soap “Ugly Betty” - until she showed networks how much advertising was tied to the show. It took her eight years to make “Frida,” but she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. She quickly realized she would have to push for her own passion projects. One movie executive famously told her: “You can never be a leading lady, because we can’t take the risk of you opening your mouth and people thinking of their maids.” So Hayek started as an extra, going on to make films like “Desperado,” “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “Wild Wild West.” I’d rather not be famous and do what I love than be famous and do something that is not going to completely fulfill me.” “I was famous, but I realized I don’t want to be just famous. “I wanted to explore all my possibilities as an actress,” she recalls. If anyone doubts her resolve, it is worth remembering that Hayek ditched a career as a soap opera star in Mexico to try her luck in Hollywood. “We are a strong economic force for the film industry, and grown-up women have been abandoned as an audience.” “It’s not that we are asking for favors,” she explains. She has a solution all figured out: Show the studio heads there is money to be made by catering to women. Not because I’m sad or anything, but because it really means something to me,” she says. ![]() She projects the same passion and intensity, and admits the subject often brings her to the brink of tears. Listening to her rail against “machos” in the film industry, it’s hard not to think of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, likely her most famous role. “I see sometimes women who claim to be feminists, because they talk about how things should be for them - especially a lot of actors - but you’re not really a feminist until you stop talking and you actually do something for another woman, for a group of women, that might have nothing to do with you,” she says. Hayek is a longtime champion of women’s rights and has campaigned for a number of causes, most recently Gucci’s Chime for Change movement promoting health, education and justice for women and girls. Though she is not officially involved in the initiative, it has her footprint all over it. ![]() RELATED STORY: Salma Hayek and Matthias Schoenaerts Talk Women in Film > In a few hours, Hayek and her husband, François-Henri Pinault, chairman and chief executive officer of luxury group Kering, will host the first awards ceremony for the Women in Motion program, and the actress is palpably tense. A Closer Look at the NBA 2023 Season Tunnel Fits
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