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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.
Zoe Saldana
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Zoe Saldana
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 19
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You need one hundred percent commitment you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.
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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 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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I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.
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If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.
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