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Zoe Saldaña

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354 total appearances

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"Zoe Saldaña"

And for Steven Spielberg, you know, the E.T. man, the shark man, to then, you know, direct the color purple. And Whoopi Goldberg, this... Character became so, you know, when your little life is just bigger and brighter and more impactful. So I think that unconsciously I was tapping into art in the way that films were just taking me with them, you know?

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"Zoe Saldaña"

And making, building a reality for me that was healing, that was medicinal, you know, when I needed it. Like, I was very much, I'm one of three girls, but I'm a solitary person. Like, you know, and maybe there's a little bit of I'm on the spectrum of some sort, I guess. But in the 80s, nobody really talked about that, you know. Yeah.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

And making, building a reality for me that was healing, that was medicinal, you know, when I needed it. Like, I was very much, I'm one of three girls, but I'm a solitary person. Like, you know, and maybe there's a little bit of I'm on the spectrum of some sort, I guess. But in the 80s, nobody really talked about that, you know. Yeah.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

And making, building a reality for me that was healing, that was medicinal, you know, when I needed it. Like, I was very much, I'm one of three girls, but I'm a solitary person. Like, you know, and maybe there's a little bit of I'm on the spectrum of some sort, I guess. But in the 80s, nobody really talked about that, you know. Yeah.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

But my sisters are able to sustain relationships and with friends and function. And I was sort of like this loner, you know, that was protected by my sisters because sometimes I would annoy people because of whatever it was, you know. So art and storytelling became my go-to place.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

But my sisters are able to sustain relationships and with friends and function. And I was sort of like this loner, you know, that was protected by my sisters because sometimes I would annoy people because of whatever it was, you know. So art and storytelling became my go-to place.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

But my sisters are able to sustain relationships and with friends and function. And I was sort of like this loner, you know, that was protected by my sisters because sometimes I would annoy people because of whatever it was, you know. So art and storytelling became my go-to place.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

you know, reading books and science fiction and watching films and being these characters, you know, became really real to me. And it wasn't until, like, I was a teenager and I kept Clash. My dad died when I was nine.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

you know, reading books and science fiction and watching films and being these characters, you know, became really real to me. And it wasn't until, like, I was a teenager and I kept Clash. My dad died when I was nine.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

you know, reading books and science fiction and watching films and being these characters, you know, became really real to me. And it wasn't until, like, I was a teenager and I kept Clash. My dad died when I was nine.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

I feel like Chunk from The Goonies, you know? Everything, everything. Okay, I'll try. That's great. But no, you know, my dad died and my sisters and I, we were eight, nine and 10. And that was like a big, you know, life-changing sort of event in our lives. And art became this healing sort of, you know, assistant to my mom and to us that really helped us.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

I feel like Chunk from The Goonies, you know? Everything, everything. Okay, I'll try. That's great. But no, you know, my dad died and my sisters and I, we were eight, nine and 10. And that was like a big, you know, life-changing sort of event in our lives. And art became this healing sort of, you know, assistant to my mom and to us that really helped us.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

I feel like Chunk from The Goonies, you know? Everything, everything. Okay, I'll try. That's great. But no, you know, my dad died and my sisters and I, we were eight, nine and 10. And that was like a big, you know, life-changing sort of event in our lives. And art became this healing sort of, you know, assistant to my mom and to us that really helped us.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

So they did, my sisters became, she painted and Cicely and I, my younger sister and I, we started dancing ballet. And that helped me sort of, it helped me just cope with shit. You know, because life is hard when you're little. Socializing, starting over in a new environment, different language, different people, different culture. Like that's always like a very big thing for kids. Yeah.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

So they did, my sisters became, she painted and Cicely and I, my younger sister and I, we started dancing ballet. And that helped me sort of, it helped me just cope with shit. You know, because life is hard when you're little. Socializing, starting over in a new environment, different language, different people, different culture. Like that's always like a very big thing for kids. Yeah.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

So they did, my sisters became, she painted and Cicely and I, my younger sister and I, we started dancing ballet. And that helped me sort of, it helped me just cope with shit. You know, because life is hard when you're little. Socializing, starting over in a new environment, different language, different people, different culture. Like that's always like a very big thing for kids. Yeah.

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"Zoe Saldaña"

Well, I have three boys, and one of my boys just lives on his own. He's like this lone little wolf, and I guess I feel kindred to him. Yes, I would do weird shit that my mom— And I think that my mom became an insomniac because of that because I would wake up in the middle of the night. I don't remember these things, by the way. Now she's just jokingly mentioning them.