MAG Fab: Salma Hayek Suits Up For ‘Marie Clarie’…
Salma Hayek slips into the sexiest skirt suit, as she graces the May 2012 cover of Marie Claire.
In the issue, the now 45-year-old actress reveals that people underestimate her as a businesswoman, opens up about her hubby, Francois-Henri Pinault, and has realized acting doesn’t make her who she is.
Peep a few excerpts of the interview below. You can read the full interview when the issue hits newsstands on April 17.
On being accepted as a businesswoman: “Because I have a background in a different field, it can be hard to negotiate and make a good deal for myself. People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you. I have seen karma work in this business.”
On her husband: “He’s the best thing that ever happened to me and my work. I was trying to figure out how to have a child on my own. I came to terms with saying, ‘[Love] might not happen, and I have to be OK with that.’ Then someone came along whom I never would have pictured or thought I would have wanted; he was completely out of my box. Even though I was not looking, I was present and I was open. I am the luckiest person I know.”
On acting: “What once was an expression of who I was – acting – also became my hiding place. But now I don’t depend on it so much for my happiness or my identity. And since it’s not my priority, I am doing the best work I’ve ever done.”
