Zoe Saldana

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

“I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.”

“Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off.”

“Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.”

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

“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.”

“I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I'm Latin - we start young, honey!”

“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.'”

“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.”

“Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.”

“Call me crazy - I love elk meat!”

“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 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.”

“As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.”

“The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.”