I think what happens with a lot of writing and art is that specificity ends up being relatable while universality becomes vague. Zazie Beetz More Quotes by Zazie Beetz More Quotes From Zazie Beetz Agriculture is one of the biggest causes of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Cars? Planes? Trains? Nope. Cow farts. Zazie Beetz greenhouse cow agriculture atmosphere Bad bread is the one thing I refuse. I need good bread. Zazie Beetz need bad good bread I love babies. I also have this very deep desire to become a mother. I always thought that motherhood was my highest calling. Zazie Beetz deep motherhood mother love The truth is all kinds of people exist everywhere. So let's tell their stories, too. Zazie Beetz tell truth-is truth people I used to cry on planes. I don't anymore. It probably took almost a hundred agonizing flights to get there. Now, when I take off, a smile quivers on the corner of my lips. Zazie Beetz now lips smile cry I've begun feeling that my responsibility is to the Earth. Our generation's war is climate change, so I've really been modifying how I eat and what I eat. Zazie Beetz feeling climate-change change war I do wonder if it's my responsibility to spread a message of environmental awareness or political awareness or just, like, don't be racist or whatever, but I don't want to be the person who's like, 'Everyone be vegan forever!' Zazie Beetz environmental political responsibility One day, I'd like to tackle a biopic. I grew up very influenced by Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone. Zazie Beetz day like holiday one-day I actually didn't think I was going to do TV because I don't really watch TV. I'm a little bit pretentious, and I do these little indie movies, so I envisioned that more as the path for myself. Zazie Beetz movies myself think path I was an only child until I was 15, so I was able to reap the benefit of that. Zazie Beetz only child reap only-child I always thought my alternative life, if I wasn't acting, would be to become a midwife. I love women. I want to help them exist. Zazie Beetz thought women love life What I crave, and what I want to see on television, is when you see a minority character, not to have it being about them being black or Asian or Latino. If you watch 'Friends,' for example, it's not about a group of people being white. It's about a group of people being friends, you know? You should just let the characters exist. Zazie Beetz you black character people Growing up I definitely, definitely had a bunch of things of, 'Um, am I black enough?' - and I guess specifically, 'Am I German enough?' Why are we measuring blackness? Zazie Beetz things growing-up black enough Walking in the street, particularly in a city like New York, every single day, I am reminded of how objectified women can be. Being catcalled every day, multiple times a day, all the time... it just constantly happens. Zazie Beetz i-am day women time Some people feel like women should dress in a way that doesn't promote attention-seeking. But this is just my body. My body in itself isn't only sexual. Zazie Beetz dress feel women people It is so frustrating to feel in danger. People have followed me around at 2 in the morning and have literally said, 'Don't make me follow you. You're not responding to me.' It's incredibly degrading. Zazie Beetz me you morning people I like representing different kinds of black people - showing they exist. Zazie Beetz like black different people For me, a big thing growing up was naturalness - both in being and appearance. My mom never let me relax my natural hair. For so long, I thought I was ugly, and I still sometimes struggle with that. But now I've come to feel like this is me. Zazie Beetz me relax struggle hair I identify with my womanhood before anything else because that's what I deal with when I am alone. Zazie Beetz i-am alone anything because I've had acting teachers say, 'If you want to do anything else but act, that means you're not an actor,' which I think is stupid! Zazie Beetz teachers think you stupid
