It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character. 
I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally. 
Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo. 
On the basis of being a woman, by playing an alien, I avoid playing someone's girlfriend here on Earth because that's a bit of a canker sore. 
Science fiction is a genre that no everyone is keen on watching. 
Look at me. I'm skinny, I have a big nose, no tits and no ass, but in a room full of beautiful women, I would still leave with the most gorgeous guy. 
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time. 
Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers. 
I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant. 
Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things. ![Zoe Saldana quotes: You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.](http://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/zoe-saldana-quotes-469567.jpg "Zoe Saldana quotes: You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.")
You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight. 
It's insecure, and it's immature. 
I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to. 
In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice. 
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. 
A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time. 
I love women. I worship women. Don't want to be any other woman but myself. 
I never really watched the TV series. 
I'm Latin - we start young, honey! 
It's ok to say, 'this is what I want' and go after it. 
You find a way to work with people you have more in common with. 
It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial. 
Call me crazy - I love elk meat! 
I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails. 
To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina ... means a lot to me. 
Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin, it has to do with money and their class. 
I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself. 
I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles. 
I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside. 
I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar. 
Before an actor can be this or be that, the actor must simply be. 
When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing. 
I'm a girl from Queens. I've never gone, 'What am I doing today? Oh, I'm gonna grab a gun and learn how to use it.' 