Top 70 Zoe Saldana Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I want to have more sex, travel more, drink more wine and love life.”

— Zoe Saldana

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

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3. “It’s insecure, and it’s immature.”

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4. “The biggest obstacle I’ve had to overcome is being a woman in a man’s world.”

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5. “I have a hyper personality.”

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6. “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.”

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7. “Look at me. I’m skinny, I have a big nose, no tits and no ass, but in a room full of beautiful women, I would still leave with the most gorgeous guy.”

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8. “I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be – because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.”

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9. “Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.”

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10. “Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.”

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11. “I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.”

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12. “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.”

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13. “I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I’m a kid myself.”

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14. “I like to be around people who are very passionate. People that won’t fight but that will be very over-protective and outspoken about their opinion, their point of view, their ideas.”

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15. “Not to settle. If you’re not happy with a person, leave. And wait until you find that one person who makes you feel good about yourself every single day and is not expecting you to change, but to grow.”

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16. “I love women. I worship women. Don’t want to be any other woman but myself.”

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17. “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.”

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

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19. “In Caribbean there is no middle class: you’re either rich or you’re poor. And the ladder to success is not really a ladder, it’s a chain; once you reach a certain level, you can’t go back and you can only keep going forward.”

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20. “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.”

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21. “Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there – and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.”

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22. “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.”

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23. “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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24. “Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.”

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

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26. “Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don’t see it, eventually, it’s not like it’s not going to happen, but it’s just that there needs to be a balance.”

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27. “I love skin. I don’t believe the body is something to hide.”

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28. “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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29. “I love wearing men’s clothing and underwear.”

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30. “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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31. “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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32. “A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.”

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33. “Science fiction is a genre that no everyone is keen on watching.”

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34. “I find it really frustrating when people go, “I want to be famous and glamorous like you.””

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

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36. “As an artist, I like working with filmmakers that have the balls to kind of imagine the unimaginable. Those are kind of the radicals that I identify with.”

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37. “I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.”

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38. “I knew who Leonard Nimoy was, and that he embodied what Star Trek meant to all the fans. But it wasn’t until I started doing my research for this movie, and started going to fan sites, that I began to fall in love with these characters.”

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39. “Dancing for the length of time that I did, it centered me in such a way to be really in tune with my body, and I just feel like I’m physically able to do things because of my ballet background. Without ballet, I don’t think I’d look graceful at all on screen.”

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40. “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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41. “I love being in space. I love being challenged by great roles that a company like Marvel creates amazing movies that no only give audiences an adventure but also give us as artists an opportunity for us to be challenged to embody amazing, multilayered characters.”

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42. “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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43. “Call me crazy – I love elk meat!”

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

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

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46. “I find it really frustrating when people go, “I want to be famous and glamorous like you.” It’s hard for me not to have a bad thought when someone says that to me, since if there’s anything this business is not, is glamorous. It’s only glamorous for maybe five minutes every now and then.”

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47. “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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48. “On the basis of being a woman, by playing an alien, I avoid playing someone’s girlfriend here on Earth because that’s a bit of a canker sore.”

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

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50. “What doesn’t feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else – when you want to be another person.”

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