Latest Zendaya Quotes from Interviews

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• I use my platform for more than just myself. Art is a reflection of human emotions. To neglect the political is to neglect what essentially is your job of storytelling. I would rather be known for the content of my character than for the project that I did.

  Zendaya

  Art, Character, Reflection

• I don't go to parties even when I'm invited. I've always been an 80-year-old woman inside. I remember going to my first school dance petrified. I just wanted to leave. Like, This is cool, but I'm ready to go home now.

  Zendaya

  Party, Home, School

• I'm very inspired by a lot of things from the past, from Cher to Diana Ross.

  Zendaya

  Past, Inspired, Diana

  Source: www.elle.com

• Sometimes I do it more literally, sometimes I do a little softer [interpretation], but I'm just inspired by the past.

  Zendaya

  Past, Littles, Inspired

  Source: www.elle.com

• I've always dressed myself, even when I was younger. My parents didn't pick out my clothes or anything. They let me do that, which I think is an important thing because it allows for kids to experiment and figure out what they like, even at a young age.

  Zendaya

  Kids, Thinking, Clothes

  Source: www.elle.com

• I think a lot of women can see themselves in me and a lot of people in general are empowered by seeing someone wear what they want, do what they want, maybe get criticism or get praise, whatever, but still continue to wear and do what they want. I think that a lot of people need that.

  Zendaya

  Thinking, People, Criticism

  Source: www.elle.com

• I think that I get to represent different types of beauty that [are] not just my own.

  Zendaya

  Thinking, Different, Type

  Source: www.elle.com

• I get to represent a lot of different types of women because of my ability to transform into these different people.

  Zendaya

  People, Different, Type

  Source: www.elle.com

• I just like to have fun.

  Zendaya

  Fun, Having Fun

  Source: www.elle.com

• That's what fashion is supposed to do to you, it's supposed to make you happy, make you excited, make you feel good.

  Zendaya

  Fashion, Feel Good, Excited

  Source: www.elle.com

• I've done so much stuff and it's all so different.

  Zendaya

  Different, Done, Stuff

  Source: www.elle.com

• I've seen looks before that have literally taken my breath away - like someone on the red carpet and it's just like I can't even breathe, like you get some type of amazing anxiety.

  Zendaya

  Taken, Anxiety, Looks

  Source: www.elle.com

• Fashion is very much emotional. When you see it, or when you wear the right clothing, or you wear whatever, it's supposed to make you feel something. You're supposed to feel some type of emotion, and I feel like I try to do that when I'm on a red carpet.

  Zendaya

  Fashion, Emotional, Trying

  Source: www.elle.com

• When I'm on a red carpet I want somebody to feel something when they look at what I'm wearing, when they look at the entire ensemble, whether it be nostalgia or excitement, you know?

  Zendaya

  Looks, Ensemble, Want

  Source: www.elle.com

• I've always learned how to deal with my problems through my words, through my education, and through my intelligence, which I think is important and the best way to deal with an issue.

  Zendaya

  Thinking, Issues, Important

  Source: www.elle.com

• I feel like clothing is very much emotional, you know?

  Zendaya

  Emotional, Feels, Clothings

  Source: www.elle.com

• What's the point in fashion if nobody can wear it?

  Zendaya

  Fashion, Ifs

  Source: www.elle.com

• I want my mom to be able to wear my clothes, I want my older sister to be able to wear my clothes, and the people in my life aren't necessarily built like I am, you know? They're built in a million different beautiful bodies, shapes, and sizes, and so why would I exclude anybody from being able to have it? This is the point.

  Zendaya

  Beautiful, Mom, Clothes

  Source: www.elle.com

• Of course designers inspired me, but I was more inspired by everyday people. People that I see walking down the street.

  Zendaya

  People, Everyday, Inspired

  Source: www.elle.com

• I wanted individuals who were clearly themselves and I just got to put some clothes on them, but they basically came "done," you know? How they feel comfortable. I just wanted them to walk down the streets of New York and I said, "You know what? Don't even pose, just walk and we'll take pictures."

  Zendaya

  New York, Clothes, Done

  Source: www.elle.com

• I do not believe in a label on a shirt or a dress should tell me that I can't wear a T-shirt or a pant because it should say "women's"or "men's" on it, you know? That's just not how it should work.

  Zendaya

  Believe, Men, Dresses

  Source: www.elle.com

• I like playing with fashion and bending the "rules," or what was "rules" - there are no rules anymore, you know? Fashion is way bigger than that and it's about wearing what you want and wearing what makes you feel comfortable and what makes you feel confident.

  Zendaya

  Fashion, Bending, Want

  Source: www.elle.com

• We have to build the country that we want to see our future children and grandchildren live in.

  Zendaya

  Country, Children, Want

  Source: www.ebony.com

• We are the people and America is really nothing without the people. We have to take control and we have realize as young people that this is our future. We have to live here and this where we'll one day raise our own children.

  Zendaya

  Children, America, People

  Source: www.ebony.com

• I think we are in a time where the youth play such a huge role. It's up to us to go the extra mile to vote and raise our voices.

  Zendaya

  Thinking, Play, Voice

  Source: www.ebony.com