Quotes from Zoe Saldana


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I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.


The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.


I'm Latin - we start young, honey!


Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.


Call me crazy - I love elk meat!


It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.


I am hoping for a long career.


I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.


I like to look strong and commanding.


I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.


I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.


There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.


I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.


I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.


I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anything else. I've played characters that were written for Caucasian females, I just want to be given the same consideration as everybody else, and so far that has been happening.


When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.


To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.


There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.


There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.


Music is a very big participant in everything I do, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed.