Zoe Saldana Quotes

There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.

The first time I got called 'Miss' that felt amazing.

I am happy to know that my husband regards me as a woman and a person.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

Personally, it's a comfort and happiness to know that my work is taken seriously and is not marginalised and put in a box of ethnic immigrant writing in America.

It feels good to have your work respected again.

Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished.

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

Everyone wants to be recognized.

When I first started the biggest thing I wanted was for the opposition to acknowledge me.

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

I want to be given my credit and want to be given my respect.

I'm not going to lie. I think it's important for a woman to feel appreciated by men.

I don't always feel seen.

As a kid, you don't have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored and what you say is revered.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.

I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.

For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough,'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.