Zoe Saldana Quotes

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

I have a hyper personality.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.

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.

It's ok to say, 'this is what I want' and go after it.

Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.

If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.

Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers.

I always strive to keep a balance with my fears. I don't like to be ruled by them. At the same time, I don't like the idea of living my life totally free of any fears. I like having that moderation.

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.

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

I like to be around people who are very passionate. People that won't fight but that will be very over-protective and outspoken about their opinion, their point of view, their ideas.

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

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.

I like to look strong and commanding.

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

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

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

I would love to play Nefertiti or Cleopatra or the Queen of Sheba. We preserve more male history than we do female. We have to preserve [female history]. No more complaining. We have to do it.

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.

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

If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.

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.

Sometimes we get too caught up in wanting to do that one movie that will get seen and approved and nominated, that we lose sight that there are so many other movies that are worth your time.

I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.

I think there are roles there; we just have to choose them. We have to fight for them.

I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.

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.

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

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.

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

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.

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

Let's start creating better roles that accurately depict people we know so closely.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Science fiction is a genre that no everyone is keen on watching.

You find a way to work with people you have more in common with.

I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.

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.

It's insecure, and it's immature.

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.