Salma Hayek says she has 'pressure' to earn money amid marriage to billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault

Salma Hayek opened up on her family finances in a new interview, saying that she's under a certain among of strain to earn, amid her 15-year marriage to billionaire businessman Francois-Henri Pinault.

The Frida star, 58, who tied the knot with the Kering CEO and Groupe Artémis president, 62, in April 2009, chat with The Wall Street Journal about a variety of topics in a feature published on Tuesday, including her marital union.

The Oscar-nominated actress said in the financial publication that 'she and Pinault keep their finances separate' and that 'there's no prenuptial agreement dividing assets.'

'I support a lot of the aspects of my life and myself,' said the Coatzacoalcos, Mexico-born beauty, who has been seen enjoying her yacht in recent days. 'I have the pressure to make a certain amount of money, and I like it. 

'And now, I decided, I want to make more.'

Hayek said that following her marital union to Pinault - whose company owns luxury brands such as Gucci and Saint Laurent - 'All people wanted to talk to me about was money.'

She added, 'To me, the excitement about having a lot of money was that I didn't have to think about money.'

Hayek said she was also approached by wealthy people who wanted to connect with her: 'Strangers coming to me that aren’t even friends, but they think we should be friends because they’re rich, too.'

Hayek, who in recent years has been seen on Black Mirror and in Angelina Jolie's film Without Blood, addressed skeptics of her marriage in a February 2021 appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard.

Shepard said of Pinault: 'Can I say something about your husband, really quick? What a f***ing nice, fun, generous, nice warm guy ... I'm gonna be honest, I didn't know who he was, I just heard or maybe read in a headline that you had married a really rich guy - maybe that's why she married him.'

Hayek said, 'You know, when I married him, everybody said, "Oh, it's arranged marriage, she married him for the money."

'I'm like, "Yeah, whatever, b**** - think what you want." Fifteen years together, and we are strong in love. And I don't even get offended, I'm like, "Yeah, whatever."'

Hayek added of her spouse, 'You know the thing is that in pictures you cannot begin to guess the magic in him - he's made me become a much better person, and grow in such a good, healthy way.'

On the podcast, Hayek said she feels 'there is a discrimination also to rich men,' as people might have misconceptions that they 'might not be a good person, might be somebody materialistic,' and 'might be somebody that doesn't have values.'

Hayek said in the chat with the outlet: 'Nothing in my life is typical ... I'm passionate but I'm a strategist.'

She said that she 'became the best version of' herself when she was in her 20s, during a time she had to support her family when they were going through a rough time financially.

In an adjacent video interview Tuesday, Hayek opened up about her unlikely career path, saying that she has bucked Tinseltown trends by continuing to show up. 

'What has opened the doors for me has been my tenacity [and] my consistency - I just won't go away,' she said. 'And it's funny, just when they told me that after a certain age, your career is over - that's when my career started getting better. They said, "You stop working at 40 in Hollywood," and here we are 58, I’m still working.'