To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me. Zoe Saldana More Quotes by Zoe Saldana More Quotes From Zoe Saldana It's insecure, and it's immature. Zoe Saldana insecureimmature When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing. Zoe Saldana character I was a ballet dancer for so long, but when I realized I had reached my limit and that I couldn't go any further I knew I wanted to pursue acting. That's one thing you don't use as a dancer - your voice. And the one thing I use most in my life is my voice so it's wonderful to get to express myself artistically through the biggest instrument I use. Zoe Saldana dancervoicelong I love being in space. I love being challenged by great roles that a company like Marvel creates amazing movies that no only give audiences an adventure but also give us as artists an opportunity for us to be challenged to embody amazing, multilayered characters. Zoe Saldana artistadventurecharacter For me, it's very important if I do action movies and I have a stunt person, to work with them. Not only by memorizing the choreography but also it's important to study that individual and it's imperative for that individual to study you because you're not playing two different people, you're playing the same person. Zoe Saldana importanttwopeople 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. Zoe Saldana playing-someonegirlfriendearth It's important for a director to provide as much information, especially when we're working with things that we have to conceive out of thin air. You can't just expect an actor to understand: 'Oh, there's a dinosaur coming at you". OK, so I'm going to automatically know how big it is and what it sounds like? I need details. How close does he get to me? How tall is he? What will the impact be of his cry when he's screaming at me or when he's blowing smoke or air in my face? Zoe Saldana impactimportantair As actors you have this trait to imitate very easily. I don't want to imitate anything or limit myself of finding this creature, this woman because I'm looking at magazines and I'm reading comics, and I'm asking people that are avid readers of The Guardians. Zoe Saldana avidreadingpeople I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them. Zoe Saldana wellsanimalchildren I love women. I worship women. Don’t want to be any other woman but myself. Zoe Saldana worshipwant I've witnessed racism all my life. And of course there's racism and discrimination in Hollywood. You go for a part and they say, 'Oh, we really liked her, she's amazing, but we wanted to go with something more traditional'. As if I'm not a traditional American! Zoe Saldana discriminationhollywoodracism I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese. Zoe Saldana portuguesefluentitalian I find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you." It's hard for me not to have a bad thought when someone says that to me, since if there's anything this business is not, is glamorous. It's only glamorous for maybe five minutes every now and then. Zoe Saldana like-youwantpeople 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. Zoe Saldana lazyresponsibilitystories I like to look strong and commanding. Zoe Saldana sandalsstronglooks Trust me: Studios, investors, filmmakers, they will shift because they just follow the money trail. Zoe Saldana trailsfilmmakertrust-me I do believe in us as actors and directors and writers and producers and also as movie-goers. We have much more power than we believe we have. Without our ticket, studios can't make traditional decisions. Zoe Saldana decisionbelievedirectors I knew who Leonard Nimoy was, and that he embodied what Star Trek meant to all the fans. But it wasn't until I started doing my research for this movie, and started going to fan sites, that I began to fall in love with these characters. Zoe Saldana falling-in-lovestarscharacter There was this book that Judi Dench wrote that said there was a moment where, before an actor can be this or be that, the actor must simply be. I thought that to have absolute presence was to absorb everything that’s thrown at you. Zoe Saldana actors Call me crazy - I love elk meat! Zoe Saldana elkcrazymeat
