#dis interview

[cordeliaistheone]

Right now is without a doubt the most exciting time in human history. The ability to connect with one another, the technology of the internet and all that it’s spawning, is doubtlessly the most fascinating thing that’s ever happened. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be alive, as a human being and especially as an artist. In the 20th century making movies, music or anything was a one-way thing, but creativity is always more of an interactive, back-and-forth, organic and progressive thing. We’re going to get away from “Oh, I just get to listen to stories; I don’t tell them” and “I just listen to music; I don’t play or sing it.” No, man! That’s a terrible way to think about yourself. I think art is going to become more conversational, more of a dialogue, and a better, healthier thing for everybody.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (x)

[lucy-vanpelt]

Indiewire: But is that something you want to keep doing—the action heroine?

Zoe Saldana: I want to always challenge myself. My thing is I want to follow my heart. And the thing is, I love families. Whether it's a love story like "The Words” or an action or science-fiction [role] which is what I watch and read all the time. It makes me happy because I'm so consumed by it. I'm being an athlete, that God gave me a gift to climb a wall while I'm still young and I can get paid for it and play strong, female characters that I feel like we're starving for those. They're coming along much better now than they were years ago. We are improved and we're evolving—though not at the pace that I would like. I want to be part of that evolution of amazing roles for women, whether they were kick-ass or—and I hate using that word—essential to the story.

Indiewire: It's weird that we're still getting so little emphasis on female leading roles whether it's action or--

Zoe Saldana: You have, “Bridesmaids,” “Salt,” you also have women directing their own films as well. It's not enough, but at the same time too, I've always been the kind of person to be like, "It's half-full, man." It's much better than it was five, ten years ago. So I just have to be a part of the process of following that movement of the continuation of getting better.