Since welcoming daughter Valentina Paloma, 14 months, Salma Hayek has adopted a less-is-more approach to her career, which includes running two production companies. In her pre-mom days, the 42-year-old Academy Award-nominated actress tells the November issue of ELLE she was “a workaholic and a control freak” — but that’s no longer the case. She explains,

“I thought that’s what kept it going. But once that baby was born, I wanted to do nothing but stare at her. I realized I could step outside the business and do a lot less but a lot more effectively.”

Source: Elle