Zendaya

There are so many different definitions of ‘pretty.’ it’s so much broader than before. The old pretty is boring- nobody cares anymore.

It’s important to raise your voice in things you feel passionate about and things that you know about. Don’t raise your voice just to raise your voice if you have nothing behind it and don’t know what you’re talking about.

A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It’s equality, it’s fairness, and I think it’s a great thing to be a part of.

I think women are very powerful and I think we’re more powerful together than separate.

I have standards I don’t plan on lowering for anybody, including myself.

I’m one of those people who doesn’t follow trends. I set them.

Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.

Monterey, I remember, but I seem to remember the Fillmore West, that we played the week before Monterey. That was much more memorable for me. The first time in San Francisco. They were good gigs.

Cats know, comin’ out of four, they better be standin’ on it, else they’ll be standin’ in it.

I was wearing my best gap turtleneck and my dates were two adult lesbians. So yea, I was pretty cool.

You want us as muses because you fear us as artists.

[on filming Red Eye] I loved the action sequences, running though an airport in heels and all that stuff. That was really fun.

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

My grandfather was a farmer so I was always raised that you worked very hard whatever your job is; my sister was a teacher. You’re to be respected if you try hard and try to be good at something and the results are less important. You can’t control that. The more important thing is that you tried your best. But now there’s much more of an intention where some of these kids don’t want to be actors, they want to be famous! Their focus isn’t necessarily on craftsmanship.

When I’m alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.

I wanted to be in a band that shared ideas and were in it together.

I’d rather be called King than other things I’ve been called.

What I recall for the first two years is my daughter not really knowing who I was and getting rather agitated when I came back off tour, as she thought I’d come to rob the house.

Nudity for fictional characters is as normal and mundane as eating breakfast. What bothers me is our culture’s obsession with nudity. It shouldn’t be a big deal, but it is. I think this overemphasis with nudity makes actors nervous. There’s the worry about seeing one’s body dissected, misrepresented, played and replayed on YouTube.

What gets me is how many women – young women – give up their power and sense of self. Thinking they’re going to get more out of life if they take off their clothes and objectify themselves, instead of functioning on the principle that they’re smart and capable, that you can be an actress and not be on the covers of T&A magazines. I’m flabbergasted by how many legitimate actresses do that. It blows my mind.