The story of Salma Hayek

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She dreamed of becoming president of Mexico when she was a little girl. Today, she's using her forum as an international star to fight for women's rights around the world. This is the story of Salma Hayek.

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00:00I am very proud to see how much the industry has changed.

00:06Still a lot more that we have to go through,

00:09especially I think when it comes to equality.

00:30I am very proud to see how much the industry has changed.

00:34Still a lot more that we have to go through,

00:37especially I think when it comes to equality.

01:00Still a lot more that we have to go through,

01:03especially I think when it comes to equality.

01:06I'm always very grateful to the people that have given me an opportunity

01:10because strangely enough, there has not been that many.

01:15I've had to fight very, very hard, very hard

01:19for every silly, small role that you say,

01:24why did she do that part?

01:26Because I didn't have another one.

01:30It's been a journey of eight years and I've learned a lot, a lot of things.

01:54I also learned a lot of things about myself.

01:58I know that if I set my mind to something

02:00and I truly believe in it with conviction from my heart,

02:04I can be patient and consistent enough to get it done.

02:08I care profoundly about this issue

02:29because we are all victims of this horrible epidemic

02:34as long as we live in a society

02:37that has such high numbers.

02:39One out of every three women has been a victim of domestic violence.

02:42Imagine how many American families are participating in this epidemic.

02:49We are here in solidarity to make people aware of the corresponding governments

03:14and especially to the people who are committing these monstrous crimes.

03:23We want to ask for justice for them, for the dead,

03:27and we also want to ask for security for the living.

03:44He's very masculine but in his head he's a feminist,

03:58so he really roots for women.

04:01That is hot.

04:02Guys don't think that it's hot but it really is

04:06because there's nothing sexier than feeling supported

04:11and that the person that you are with wants you to thrive,

04:15wants you to be better every day and grow and grow with you.

04:20I hope that the new generations will grow up with a different kind of education,

04:39with a different kind of mentality,

04:41with more awareness of being a citizen of the world,

04:45with more awareness of their communities,

04:49with less selfishness,

04:51of only seeing for themselves.

04:54We live in a world where millions of girls and women

05:12are struggling for their basic rights,

05:15the right to education, the right to health, the right for justice.

05:21The only films where they get paid more, it's porn, it's pornography.

05:25Now it's very important that we all speak up

05:54and support each other and understand that it's not okay

05:58because many men didn't even understand that it's not okay.

06:23We were able to raise a very considerable amount of money together.

06:38I called them up and I said please help me out

06:40because I need to help Mexico after the earthquake

06:43and they were incredibly helpful.

06:47We were able to provide not only a lot of help to the families

06:52but also schooling for the kids

06:54because we lost a lot of schools in the earthquake.

07:10We had horrific tragedies, so many deaths,

07:14but the students themselves had not had the strength together

07:19to say no more.

07:21Time stopped in a different way

07:23and as I recall it was the girls

07:27who were the strongest speakers of the problem

07:31and so I think that it's an invitation for us

07:34to think differently and to act differently.

07:37It's like a revolution and we see this symbolic number of 82

07:56versus the 1,630 something men

08:00that have participated with the film in Cannes

08:06and to be able to witness that

08:09and be one of the 82 that are symbolically representing the others

08:14was very moving.

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