Zoe Saldana Quotes

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.

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

As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.

I am hoping for a long career.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.

I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.

I have a hyper personality.

You have to be very committed and find happiness in the work that you do.

I find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you."

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

Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.

Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.

I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.

I want to have more sex, travel more, drink more wine and love life.

I want to love life.

I love skin. I don't believe the body is something to hide.

I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.

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.

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.'