Salma Hayek feels ‘pressure’ to make money despite marriage to billionaire
"I support a lot of the aspects of my life and myself," Hayek told the Wall Street Journal in a cover interview. "I have the pressure to make a certain amount of money, and I like it. And now, I decided, I want to make more."
The "Frida" actress admitted she and her billionaire husband "keep their finances separate" and "there's no prenuptial agreement dividing assets."
Hayek was raised by a wealthy family herself in the coastal city of Coatzacoalcos, as her father was an oil executive of Lebanese descent and her mother was an opera singer.
However, the Oscar-nominated actress confessed she suffered hardship in her mid-20s when she moved to Los Angeles. Hayek's father lost his fortune and she was a struggling actress.
She added that she dealt with the stress of supporting herself and her family back in Mexico.
"That's when I became the best version of myself," Hayek remarked.
Hayek rose to Hollywood fame after she starred in the 1995 film, "Desperado." She went on to star in "From Dusk Till Dawn" and her breakthrough was in the 1997 movie "Fools Rush In."
Despite having her own Hollywood money , Hayek tied the knot with French businessman Pinault in 2009. Pinault's company owns luxury brands, including Gucci and Saint Laurent.
During their 15-year marriage, Hayek said there were certain aspects of extreme wealth that surprised her.
"To me, the excitement about having a lot of money was that I didn't have to think about money, and it turned out all people wanted to talk to me about was money," she explained after she married into the Pinault family. "Strangers coming to me that aren't even friends, but they think we should be friends because they're rich, too."
The couple share one child together, daughter Valentina, 17. Hayek is also stepmom to Pinault's son with Linda Evangelista, Augustin, "Auggie," and his children from his first marriage, François and Mathilde.
