I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem. — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time. — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think even probably the people we look up to the most, and think are on the Mount Olympus of actors -… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
So often you're asked to play impossibly perfect version of yourself on screen that it's nice to get to bring in those… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I have a sister that I'm very close with, and that relationship is probably the most intense relationship of my life to… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
When I would get close on a part but wouldn't get it, I would be like, "They made a mistake," which is… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think for acting on stage and in film, one informs the other. Obviously, they require really different kinds of discipline and… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
My grandmother told me: "We all dated lots of different boys because no one was having sex or kissing. It was just… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I am very much in the instant-gratification camp. I am too much of an actor not to be. I am used to… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I just went through my childhood attic with my sister. I'm not an expert, and I don't mean to put myself in… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I grew up in LA, and I don't think I've seen LA onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think everyone is always asking themselves, How is my work meaningful, how is my life meaningful? As I get older, I… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
There are people a lot smarter than me investigating nature versus nurture who would have a lot to say about that, but… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I was 14, when I wanted to be an actor. My parents were basically like, "This is a very hard life, and… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Lena Dunham or Miranda July, those people are sort of thinking about their work in a slightly different way than I do,… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Most of the things I'm talking about are essential human rights. I don't think it should be political to say that children… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
It's fun for me to be with someone who loves reading as much as I do, because he'll give me things to… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think from my earliest childhood, I liked to tell stories, put on plays and write things. It's funny to think of… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I think a large part of an actor's job in preparation is just making the words feel organic to them, and obviously… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I don't think a lot of people are like, "I'm just quirky!" Or if they are, it's a stage they're going through… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
There are a lot of words that I knew first as a reader, and I never put the pieces together in my… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
And I think the female creative urge is intrinsically biologically linked to our ability to give birth to a child, even if… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I don't feel like it's a time to be shy about raising my voice, and I don't think that the things I'm… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I don't love the word "quirky." I think it's a word that's a catchall. It's a word that doesn't stand in empathy… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Maybe this is a way of gaslighting myself, but I think of it this way: In certain circles, my grandpa was considered to be… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
There aren't a lot of movies being made about women, period. Most of the time, the roles that are available are the sidekick, the… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
Every role requires its own set of tools, and I think, because of that, it is very hard to ever feel totally prepared or… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part of that… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
I think from my earliest childhood, I liked to tell stories, put on plays and write things. It's funny to think of it as… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
When I would get close on a part but wouldn't get it, I would be like, "They made a mistake," which is not how… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop. — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
I'm definitely feeling whatever's going on pretty hard. It's like playing Barbies. You're holding the Barbies, but all of the action is happening inside… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom. — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
Writing-wise, I like to have a lot of things on the burners at once, because when I hit a wall, I like to move… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
I love to act and that's sort of my first love. That's what I started out doing. — Zoe Kazan Copy Share
