Zoe Saldana 'Grateful' for 'Avatar' Oscar Nomination and Being Part of a Life-Changing Film (Exclusive)
etonline.comZoe Saldana has one word in mind when it comes to being nominated for an Oscar at the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday: grateful. «Sometimes I wake up and I know what it means,» Saldana told ET's Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner about the film's Best Picture nomination. «And other times, I just know what it feels like, and it just feels really beautiful to know that I am a part of a story that has touched so many people across the globe.
From all walks of life. From indigenous tribes in the Amazon, to the metropolis of cities, everybody is wanting to know more about this story.
And everybody is becoming super curious about climate change.»For Saldana, the moment is bigger, it's about representation for little girls who look like her.«And to think that a little girl a little brown girl from Queens can you know can do all these things,» she says. «And I'm grateful for that, because I naturally love science fiction.
Not only that, getting to send that message to girls that it is OK to love a genre that is driven in action. That it's OK to be curious about about science and about space.
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