Quotes By Zoe Saldana

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

I'm Latin - we start young, honey!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

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.

I want to love life.

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.

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

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

I like to look strong and commanding.

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

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

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

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

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

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 just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.