Zazie Beetz

“I used to cry on planes. I don't anymore. It probably took almost a hundred agonizing flights to get there. Now, when I take off, a smile quivers on the corner of my lips.”

“When the Berlin Wall came down, my dad left to visit the U.S. He met my mom at this summer camp where they were both working, so I grew up between Washington Heights and Germany speaking two...”

“One day, I'd like to tackle a biopic. I grew up very influenced by Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone.”

“Growing up, my aunts would always put in hair ties and bows and all kinds of stuff, and I always hated it.”

“At home in my room, I'm funny, but if I'm commissioned to be that, I don't feel very funny.”

“For me, fear manifests itself in snoozing and inactivity. I just become so sleepy, any time of day, when something needs to be done. I sometimes go days without responding to texts or readin...”

“I love babies. I also have this very deep desire to become a mother. I always thought that motherhood was my highest calling.”

“I used to work at Cafe Mogador in the East Village. I love Mogador, but I feel like working almost anywhere will kind of ruin it for you. There was a lot of panicking while being a waitress...”

“Agriculture is one of the biggest causes of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Cars? Planes? Trains? Nope. Cow farts.”

“I always thought my alternative life, if I wasn't acting, would be to become a midwife. I love women. I want to help them exist.”

“I've begun feeling that my responsibility is to the Earth. Our generation's war is climate change, so I've really been modifying how I eat and what I eat.”

“I wish I was a morning person.”

“I think what happens with a lot of writing and art is that specificity ends up being relatable while universality becomes vague.”

“I'm pretty picky about my hair, so I end up always styling it myself.”

“I identify with my womanhood before anything else because that's what I deal with when I am alone.”