I grew up with my grandfather [Elia Kazan] being famous in a way that's not like Beyoncé, but famous in a relative way. It made me feel weird about the way that we treat people that are famous, and it made me feel weird about fame in general. Zoe Kazan More Quotes by Zoe Kazan More Quotes From Zoe Kazan Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world. Zoe Kazan realwritingpeople Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it. Zoe Kazan sitting-around-waitingsittingwaiting I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem. Zoe Kazan plotcharacterthinking There are people a lot smarter than me investigating nature versus nurture who would have a lot to say about that, but I think it's an enormous privilege to be born into a family where my parents had enough time to read to me and listen to my stories and foster my imagination. It's a privilege to have time to investigate your imagination. And not to have, like, an amount of stress on you as a kid that prevents you from maturing creatively. Zoe Kazan stresskidsthinking I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor. Zoe Kazan responsibleactors You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow. Zoe Kazan storiestalkingcharacter When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces. Zoe Kazan writinglaughingmoving When my sister decided that she wanted to act, I was so nervous for her. She's doing great, but I have a lot of friends at every level of success as an actor, and we all go through periods of time where they feel like their worth isn't within their own control. That's a horrible feeling for an adult to have. Zoe Kazan nervousmy-sisterfeelings I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers. Zoe Kazan usedgirllows I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time. Zoe Kazan camerasactorsthinking If I'm not working, I don't feel complete. Zoe Kazan ifsfeels I'm not that interested in writing for myself. That's not where my impetus as a writer comes from. Zoe Kazan writing My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom. Zoe Kazan actorsmomhero And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else. Zoe Kazan the-end-of-the-dayhalflooks Well, I have a sister that I'm very close with, and that relationship is probably the most intense relationship of my life to date, probably of my life, period. Zoe Kazan intensewellsperiods I have a sister that I'm very close with, and that relationship is probably the most intense relationship of my life to date, probably of my life, period. I think that when you're close with a sibling, especially a sister, it's a relationship unlike any other. Zoe Kazan intensesiblingthinking And I think the female creative urge is intrinsically biologically linked to our ability to give birth to a child, even if we've never... I've never given birth, but I feel like it's part of our psychology. Zoe Kazan givingchildrenthinking If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop. Zoe Kazan actingsoulwant I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily. Zoe Kazan I am very much in the instant-gratification camp. I am too much of an actor not to be. I am used to doing my work and having someone comment immediately. So I think that I'm a little hooked on that gratification structure. Zoe Kazan gratificationcommentthinking
