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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

- Zoe Saldana

Small, Want, Conventional, Percentage

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

- Zoe Saldana

Medical, Goes, Had, Doctors

I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.

- Zoe Saldana

Fact, Saved, Representing, Significance

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Work, More, Always, Admiring

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Think, Very, Which, Latin

I'm Latin - we start young, honey!

- Zoe Saldana

Start, Honey, Young, Latin

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Think, Dealing, I Think, Sad Things

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Dancing, Feel, Centered, Graceful

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

- Zoe Saldana

Feeling Good, Own, About, Glamour

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

- Zoe Saldana

Lot, Means, Acknowledged, Respected

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Girl, Want, Stories, Tons

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Beauty, Like, Very, Accepting

Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.

- Zoe Saldana

Brains, Egotistical, Very, Narcissistic

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Movie, Telling, Entails, Time And Money

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Die, Going, Oscar, Possibly

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Skin, Against, Your, Possibly

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Something, Always, Going, Every Time

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

- Zoe Saldana

I Am, Understand, Spanish, Portuguese

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Want, Stories, Great Stories, Antagonist

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.'

- Zoe Saldana

Learn, Doing, Gun, Grab

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Bad, Gotten, Eventually, Exposed

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Love, Temporary, Here, Bored

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Latina, Been, Everybody, Consideration

I want to love life.

- Zoe Saldana

Love, Want, To Love, Love Life

I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.

- Zoe Saldana

Love, Men, I Love, Underwear

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

- Zoe Saldana

Love, Rest, My Life, Aging

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Woman, Doing, Like, So Much Time

I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.

- Zoe Saldana

Stay Focused, Feminine, Very, Shell

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.

- Zoe Saldana

Still, Sort, Cater, Demographic

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

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Chance, New, Give, Give Me

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