In America they used to tell actresses they ‘expired’ at 30: Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek has established herself as a famous actor in Hollywood today. The 52-year old beauty is famous for her roles in films such as Wild Wild West, Grown Ups, After the Sunset and Frida, among others.

But according to her, the rise to fame wasn’t all that easy. In an interview with InStyle, she reveals what it was like when she was in her 20s and how she broke barriers as a Latina woman. “What I remember most about my 20s is that I didn’t want to be 30,” she laughed. “In America they used to tell actresses they expired at 30. That’s why I was scared. Now I don’t care about getting older.”

The star continued to discuss being comfortable in her own skin and accepting growing older. “When I turned 40 and then 50, I didn’t mind at all.”

“Nobody wanted to make a story about a Mexican communist artist with one eyebrow. It was really hard. But I had a vision for it. And I’m proud that I produced it too. There was no “Oh, can I please have a credit?” No, no, no. I made it happen,” Salma revealed.

In 2009, the star got on the cover of The Colour Issue. Back in the early 2000’s, Salma would not get magazine covers because she was a woman of colour which she found ironic. “I was also 42. Remember that I was told I would expire at 30? Here I am, 42 years old and still on the cover of magazines,” Salma said during the interview. “By then I had found the love of my life, I had a child, I had gotten a Golden Globe for producing Ugly Betty, and I had won a Daytime Emmy for directing The Maldonado Miracle. Life was great.”