Rachel Zegler

“When you're in this industry and you're held to a certain standard, it can often feel like you're trying to catch up with the version of yourself that everybody has projected onto you.”

“I have to believe in manifesting.”

“Every Juliet-based character is pure and innocent. She's the Virgin Mary, and she can do no wrong.”

“It's hard when you are placing all your bets on this one project to skyrocket you to a place where you can book the next thing.”

“Shazam 2 was my second movie that I had ever made and I was really lost in that period of time.”

“Because I'm a white Latina, I hold a lot of privilege, and if that's the conversation people want to have, about my privilege in this industry, then I am absolutely welcome to have that conversation.”

“How many rooms do we walk into where they are supposed to be Latinx stories, not told in any capacity by Latinx people?”

“The evolution of 'West Side Story' has been a long one.”

“I don't think there could be a more stressful press tour than what I had to do for 'West Side Story.' Having to answer for a lot of cultural questions and at the same time answer for why I got cast as a Disney princess that isn't associated with my skin color - it was bizarre.”

“Snow White' was this incredible piece of art, hailed as this triumph for animation, and put Disney on the map in such a huge way.”

“We were so fortunate on 'West Side Story' to have a creative team that cared a lot about the authenticity of the story being told.”

“I got to work with Jeanine Tesori, who was my hero from a very young age. Getting to work with her and getting to call her my friend is something that I will not be able to live down, truly.”

“Steve Sondheim got me into musical theater.”

“I really just want to tell great stories, and one of my truest beliefs that I hold onto very tight is that true representation comes when we simply get to exist in the world without having to necessarily acknowledge our heritage in the context of a story.”

“I'm pretty sure people have found little clips of me being like, 'I auditioned for Steven Spielberg.'”

“Musical theater has always meant expression to me. It makes me sit back in my seat and say, 'How did they put all of that into words?'”

“I was 12 or 13 the first time I ever performed onstage with a cast of people. It was 'Fiddler on the Roof.' I think I said three words the whole show.”

“I don't like to use too much moisturizer, especially in the morning. I definitely use a little bit more at night.”

“People are making these jokes about ours being the PC 'Snow White,' where it's like, yeah, it is - because it needed that.”

“I don't always have good days. I'm very human.”