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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
Zoe Saldana
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Zoe Saldana
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 19
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New Jersey
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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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.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I would love to play Nefertiti or Cleopatra or the Queen of Sheba. We preserve more male history than we do female. We have to preserve [female history]. No more complaining. We have to do it.
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The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is being a woman in a man's world.
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I want to have more sex, travel more, drink more wine and love life.
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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.
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It's insecure, and it's immature.
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In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.
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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.'
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It's ok to say, 'this is what I want' and go after it.
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Let's start creating better roles that accurately depict people we know so closely.
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I think there are roles there we just have to choose them. We have to fight for them.
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I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
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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!
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
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You have to be very committed and find happiness in the work that you do.
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I love skin. I don't believe the body is something to hide.
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