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.

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 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 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.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

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

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 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.

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.

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

I want to love life.

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

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

I like to look strong and commanding.