Zoe Saldaña is opening up about her family life and her career. The 45-year-old actress is on the cover of NET-A-PORTER’s digital title PORTER, and is getting candid about her family, her latest project, Special Ops: Lioness, and the power of representation in Hollywood. Keep reading to find out more… Find out what she had to say… On her career and Latino heritage: “There is no retirement, you know; Latinos are like that.
You work until the day you die. It’s part of life. It’s part of your culture.” On the progress made by individuals of color and females in the industry: “When you start out and you are a person of color and you are female, you feel like you work twice as hard and it takes twice as long.
We are finally reaping the benefits of all the hard labor. I honestly feel like we’re just getting started.” On her latest project, Special Ops: Lioness: “At first I was really scared of that role.
But I have a soft spot for renegades, for people who live outside the margins of what is considered normal and acceptable, and I see them; I get them.” On working with Nicole Kidman in Special Ops: Lioness: “It’s so hard to act cool, like it’s normal to work with Nicole Kidman, when she’s right next to you!
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