Quotes By Zoe Saldana

I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.

Being a former dancer, classical dancer, it informed me as a human being just in terms of the grace I guess. Ballet is a very graceful form of art. You also become very aware of your body and your mind and your body is working in conjunction. That kind of helps you in acting as well. It's not only using your mind, it's like making your mind communicate this character into your body so that you can bring it to life and physicalize it.

I have a hyper personality.

I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.

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

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.

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

I'm Latin - we start young, honey!

I am hoping for a long career.

Dancing for the length of time that I did, it centered me in such a way to be really in tune with my body, and I just feel like I'm physically able to do things because of my ballet background. Without ballet, I don't think I'd look graceful at all on screen.

To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.

Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.

There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.

Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.

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.

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

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.

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.

I want to love life.

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

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.