Top 30 Zoe Saldana Quotes

I’m very accepting with my age. It’s like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you’ve become comfortable in your skin.

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.

There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of… that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.

It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.

I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.

If there’s anything that I’ve always said about myself is that to me, it’s much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I’ve grown up loving and admiring.

To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina… means a lot to me.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

I am hoping for a long career.

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

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.

I love wearing men’s clothing and underwear.

In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.

Every character has their reasons – even the characters who do dumb things.

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.

I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.

I want to love life.

I have a hyper personality.

I like to look strong and commanding.

Basically, there’s not enough sex in movies, that’s it. I’m trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I’m part of an amazing ensemble cast or I’m leading it or the antagonist or whatever.

There comes a day when you’ve become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can – without going against nature.

I’m learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.

There’s nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you’re feeling is wrong. They can tell you it’s different to what they’re feeling.

I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I’m very proud to have Latin blood.

I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?

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.’

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can’t do because we feed ourselves so much denial.