Quotes By Zoe Saldana

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.

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

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

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.

Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.

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

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

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

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

I want to love life.

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

I like to look strong and commanding.

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

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

I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anything else. I've played characters that were written for Caucasian females, I just want to be given the same consideration as everybody else, and so far that has been happening.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.

Call me crazy - I love elk meat!

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.'

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

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.