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There was this book that Judi Dench wrote that said there was a moment where, before an actor can be this or be that, the actor must simply be. I thought that to have absolute presence was to absorb everything that’s thrown at you.

Zoe Saldana

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Zoe Saldana
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 19
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