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

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Zoe Saldana
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 19
Actor
Actress
Ballet Dancer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Passaic
New Jersey
Zoë Saldaña
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I was a ballet dancer for so long, but when I realized I had reached my limit and that I couldn't go any further I knew I wanted to pursue acting. That's one thing you don't use as a dancer - your voice. And the one thing I use most in my life is my voice so it's wonderful to get to express myself artistically through the biggest instrument I use.
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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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For the actor's wishes to be respected in terms of characteristics that your character's gonna have, you have to work with good and intelligent and talented stunt people that not only can carry weapons well but can also carry a personality.
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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.
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I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
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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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Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.
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I grew up loving action movies and films that were set in supernatural, unimaginable places. So I take being a woman in the film industry who is able to do action movies very seriously because I'm making the kind of movies that I wanted to watch as I was a kid and that inspired me and are the reason as to why I am here.
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I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.
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I always strive to keep a balance with my fears. I don't like to be ruled by them. At the same time, I don't like the idea of living my life totally free of any fears. I like having that moderation.
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Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.
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I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.
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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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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I do believe in us as actors and directors and writers and producers and also as movie-goers. We have much more power than we believe we have. Without our ticket, studios can't make traditional decisions.
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Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.
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Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
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Let's start creating better roles that accurately depict people we know so closely.
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