Zoe Saldana Quotes

I am hoping for a long career.

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

Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off.

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

I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

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

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person.

The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is being a woman in a man's world.

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

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

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

I love women. I worship women. Don’t want to be any other woman but myself.

As an artist, I like working with filmmakers that have the balls to kind of imagine the unimaginable. Those are kind of the radicals that I identify with.

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

Call me crazy - I love elk meat!

In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.

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.'

Trust me: Studios, investors, filmmakers, they will shift because they just follow the money trail.

I never really watched the TV series.