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You have to be very committed and find happiness in the work that you do.

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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
Committed
Happiness
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Work

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When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.
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Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers.
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For me, it's very important if I do action movies and I have a stunt person, to work with them. Not only by memorizing the choreography but also it's important to study that individual and it's imperative for that individual to study you because you're not playing two different people, you're playing the same person.
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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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Trust me: Studios, investors, filmmakers, they will shift because they just follow the money trail.
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Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin, it has to do with money and their class.
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I am hoping for a long career.
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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.
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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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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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I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.
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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 don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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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.
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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.
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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 have a hyper personality.
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I find it really frustrating when people go, I want to be famous and glamorous like you.
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I'm a fan of the fan. I'm a fan of the active devotee who lives his life believing in something, who represents to me the character of a person that is very confident and sure of himself. Those are people I admire.
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