Zoe Trope quote: "Chemistry makes me hate myself. I think there is something wrong in letting a child live fourteen or fifteen years believing that everything is so easy and that she'll never really have to try at anything 'cause she's so naturally talented."

Sometimes I feel ashamed and stupid for all the times I laughed at teenage love and now look at me. ...
ZOE TROPE

I think the only necessary conclusion is that we are too beautiful, because being not beautiful at a...
ZOE TROPE

No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.
ZOE TROPE

There is nothing special about falling in love. This is habit, this is routine, this is a learned na...
ZOE TROPE

I am pondering the paper cut on my knuckle. This is not an education. I am in daycare.
ZOE TROPE

Hollywood is like a really sad, grown up version of high school where people get labeled as 'coo...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I try not to wear foundation unless I have a giant pimple, which sometimes I do. For the red carpet,...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I used to make my grandparents pay a dollar to watch me sing 'Grease' songs and 'Somewhe...
ZOE KRAVITZ

My mother's a... beautiful woman, and I think, in some way, I felt intimidated by that sometimes...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
ZOE KRAVITZ

I don't really have a beauty routine. I always use coconut oil, and I always wear mascara. That&...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the ...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I don't want to play everyone's best friend. I don't want to play the role of a girl str...
ZOE KRAVITZ

That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and t...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
ZOE KRAVITZ

I'm a total weirdo and have often felt like an outcast and a freak, and I love that. It makes th...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.
ZOE KRAVITZ

I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang ...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying an...
ZOE WANAMAKER

I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed t...
ZOE WANAMAKER

I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge var...
ZOE WANAMAKER

My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He wa...
ZOE WANAMAKER

My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
ZOE WANAMAKER

I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.
ZOE WANAMAKER

'As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.
ZOE WANAMAKER

Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.
ZOE WANAMAKER

I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just some...
ZOE WANAMAKER

I don't have the confidence to be a personality.
ZOE WANAMAKER

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my ...
ZOE WANAMAKER

I hadn't actually watched 'Entourage.' But I do understand that if you know and love tha...
ZOE TAPPER

'Mr Selfridge' is a lot more accessible than shows like 'Downton.' Everyone knows th...
ZOE TAPPER

As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free chees...
ZOE TAPPER

Throughout school I appeared in all sorts of productions and deep in my heart of hearts I knew that ...
ZOE TAPPER

I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amat...
ZOE TAPPER

I love Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench as well. They're all wonderful an...
ZOE TAPPER

I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.
ZOE TAPPER

The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to p...
ZOE TAPPER

In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I want...
ZOE SALDANA

I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
ZOE SALDANA

Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I ...
ZOE SALDANA

The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.
ZOE SALDANA

Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
ZOE SALDANA

Music is a very big participant in everything I do, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to ...
ZOE SALDANA

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
ZOE SALDANA

There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going...
ZOE SALDANA

I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am...
ZOE SALDANA

I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't ta...
ZOE SALDANA

As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have m...
ZOE SALDANA

I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anythi...
ZOE SALDANA

To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot...
ZOE SALDANA

I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
ZOE SALDANA

Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
ZOE SALDANA

I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?
ZOE SALDANA

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a di...
ZOE SALDANA

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much de...
ZOE SALDANA

Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having non...
ZOE SALDANA

I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down ...
ZOE SALDANA

I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.
ZOE SALDANA

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quali...
ZOE SALDANA

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
ZOE SALDANA

I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
ZOE MCLELLAN

I want to do a romantic comedy. Like a 'When Harry Met Sally' romantic comedy... A really sw...
ZOE MCLELLAN

One of the most precious parts of acting is the work before you show up on the set, the time you spe...
ZOE MCLELLAN

I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It...
ZOE MCLELLAN

I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I ...
ZOE MCLELLAN

Growing up in Seattle, I had the opportunity to take classes since I was 7 years old. I did theatre....
ZOE MCLELLAN

First acting gig was playing a victim in 'America's Most Wanted.' The night the show air...
ZOE MCLELLAN

I don't necessarily call myself a psychic, but since I was a little girl, I would dream about th...
ZOE MCLELLAN

We can quiet our minds enough to tune in to what our bodies are telling us - I believe in angels - a...
ZOE MCLELLAN

I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've li...
ZOE MCLELLAN

When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Fo...
ZOE MCLELLAN

I lived in New York City for a while and miss it like it's a person. Although I grew up in the P...
ZOE MCLELLAN

As a child, we visited the San Juan Islands during the summer. Kayaking, big family meals, playing o...
ZOE MCLELLAN

I dream in numbers, and I like to look up the meaning of numbers, and numbers stick out to me.
ZOE MCLELLAN

I'm a big fan of a great glass of red wine and a delicious bowl of pasta made from scratch.
ZOE MCLELLAN

I think the motive is to establish in federal law the personhood from conception forward and try and...
ZOE LOFGREN

The Administration has made critical mistakes and errors in judgment leading up to the war in Iraq. ...
ZOE LOFGREN

I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they&#...
ZOE LOFGREN

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and th...
ZOE LOFGREN

Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Ame...
ZOE LOFGREN

I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dia...
ZOE KAZAN

I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creat...
ZOE KAZAN

I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.
ZOE KAZAN

When I look back, I can say that the summer when I was 19 was a formative time for me. But at the ti...
ZOE KAZAN

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movie...
ZOE KAZAN

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probabl...
ZOE KAZAN

I never wanted to be a playwright.
ZOE KAZAN

I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a jo...
ZOE KAZAN

I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
ZOE KAZAN

Writing-wise, I like to have a lot of things on the burners at once, because when I hit a wall, I li...
ZOE KAZAN

If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
ZOE KAZAN

I love to walk around New York. Honestly, that's like the best thing, to walk over to Park Slope...
ZOE KAZAN

Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it ...
ZOE KAZAN

I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's rea...
ZOE KAZAN

I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally chang...
ZOE KAZAN

I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.
ZOE KAZAN

I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.
ZOE KAZAN

And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructiv...
ZOE KAZAN

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expec...
ZOE KAZAN

My schedule is completely different doing a play than it is doing a movie, and I actually think it&#...
ZOE KAZAN

I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.
ZOE KAZAN

People really do make the assumption that I had some weirdo Hollywood upbringing, but my parents are...
ZOE KAZAN

I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
ZOE KAZAN

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go...
ZOE KAZAN

As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.
ZOE CASSAVETES

I'm not complaining about my life; every moment of it has been fantastic, and I'm so lucky.
ZOE CASSAVETES

Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
ZOE CASSAVETES

I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
ZOE CASSAVETES

People are going to say what they want to say.
ZOE CASSAVETES

I got to grow up in an incredibly artistic family.
ZOE CASSAVETES

I work hard and support myself.
ZOE CASSAVETES

I started styling people when I was just eight years old, without even knowing what a stylist was.
RACHEL ZOE

If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, &#...
RACHEL ZOE

I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
RACHEL ZOE

It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can&#...
RACHEL ZOE

As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend ...
RACHEL ZOE

The constant in all the businesses I've become a part of is taking what I do and making it real ...
RACHEL ZOE

I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.
RACHEL ZOE

People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.
RACHEL ZOE

I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we ...
RACHEL ZOE

As great as it is, 'Vogue' won't change a designer's business. But if an unknown bra...
RACHEL ZOE

The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sap...
RACHEL ZOE

Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much...
RACHEL ZOE

I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the ...
RACHEL ZOE

When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb...
RACHEL ZOE

I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
RACHEL ZOE

I think people should look cute all the time.
RACHEL ZOE

I don't think that people should wear dresses two sizes too small. I just think that sexiness is...
RACHEL ZOE

Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulde...
RACHEL ZOE

I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.
RACHEL ZOE

I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't h...
RACHEL ZOE

I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
RACHEL ZOE

Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
RACHEL ZOE

Holy swoon-gate!' Elliot exclaims when I finally get to the end of my tale. 'If that's what Brooklyn...
ZOE SUGG

Every time you post something online, you have a choice.
You can either make it something that ...
ZOE SUGG

Because, you know, I don't say 'I like you so much I think it might be love' to all the girls.
ZOE SUGG

They were so comfy. But not anymore. Now I just want to burn them.”
“Want to burn what?” ...
ZOE SUGG

Love-struck' means being hit in your heart by the emotion of love.
ZOE SUGG

Sometimes you have to face up to your fears to realize that they aren’t actually real.
ZOE SUGG

I'd like to see you dance around a caldron naked.
ZOE FORWARD

It sucks. I think you'd make a pretty snake woman, but I'm not really into that kind of girl. Those ...
ZOE FORWARD

Kissing her wasn't just a kiss. It was a full-body, mid-altering experience.
ZOE FORWARD

I've decided that I'm not going to try to squeeze myself into a friendship that hurts me anymore. I'...
ZOE SUGG

When we say a woman is of a certain social class, we really mean her husband or father is.
ZOE FAIRBAIRNS

If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more imp...
ZOE SALDANA

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don'...
ZOE SALDANA

Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored o...
ZOE SALDANA

And I think the female creative urge is intrinsically biologically linked to our ability to give bir...
ZOE KAZAN

Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most ...
ZOE KRAVITZ

It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.
ZOE SUGG

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.
ZOE KAZAN

Every time you post something online, you have a choice.
You can either make it something that ...
ZOE SUGG

My mom and grandmother were actresses, and I knew I was going to do this since I was super young. I ...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, ...
RACHEL ZOE

I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big dea...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out.
ZOE KRAVITZ

Focus on your own lane, go at your own pace, don't look sideways. Someone else's success does not ha...
ZOE SUGG

I have this dream that secretly all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day, when we a...
ZOE SUGG

I guess we don't always know what other people are thinking, even if they seem to have everything fi...
ZOE SUGG

Freedom has never felt so good.
ZOE SUGG

There's more to life than just boys -and this camera is going to get me through.
ZOE SUGG

There are a lot of maybes, but it's better than the nevers that were there before.
ZOE SUGG

You'll be fine -sometimes you just had to let people go.
ZOE SUGG

Maybe this whole growing-up thing isn't so bad after all.
ZOE SUGG

But I guess you never really know some people. Sometimes they can be wonderful; sometimes they can b...
ZOE SUGG

There's enough room for everyone to do the thing they're good at.
ZOE SUGG

Someone else's success is not your failure.
ZOE SUGG

You'd be surprised how rare loyalty is, sometimes.
ZOE SUGG

When you cry in front of someone, when you show them your most vulnerable side, it shows that you re...
ZOE SUGG

One thing I've learnt recently is that blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours shine an...
ZOE SUGG

We all have one life and we can choose how we want to live it. It's important you realize that, no m...
ZOE SUGG

So, next time you go to post a comment or an update or share a link, ask yourself: is this going to ...
ZOE SUGG

But then I wondered if sometimes our friendships are a bit like clothes and when they start feeling ...
ZOE SUGG

Sometimes the hero of the fairy tale isn't a handsome prince. Sometimes it's you.
ZOE SUGG

Every time you post something online you have a choice. You can either make it something that adds t...
ZOE SUGG

For every sad thing you think of, you should think of three happy things to chase it away.
ZOE SUGG

I tell my students that they don't need to be accurate to communicate. They do need to be accurate t...
ZOE MOROSINI

My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and tha...
ZOE KRAVITZ

When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin...
ZOE KRAVITZ

What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the ...
ZOE LOFGREN

I've found all of my apartments on Craigslist. I've got good Craigslist luck. I just sit on ...
ZOE KRAVITZ

After I left school, where I studied art, photography and textiles at A-level, I started doing an ap...
ZOE SUGG

My basics are black, white, or neutral, and I'll wear a ton of jewelry or carry a brightly color...
RACHEL ZOE

Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and roma...
RACHEL ZOE

If you're having fun being yourself and filming something that you would watch yourself, it beco...
ZOE SUGG

When I think of my version of a role model, it's not about being the perfect Samaritan; it's...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women...
RACHEL ZOE

As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on t...
ZOE SUGG

When I tell her I feel like the other woman, she laughs, that's just learned sexist bullshit. We are...
ZOE WHITTALL

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'...
ZOE SALDANA

On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a fi...
RACHEL ZOE

The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, a...
ZOE KRAVITZ

Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
ZOE KRAVITZ

I stream this radio station, Radio Nova, that's based in Paris. They curate a beautiful set that...
ZOE KRAVITZ

In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the...
ZOE KRAVITZ

You need 100% commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [p...
ZOE SALDANA

Some actors signed three-film deals but the money was so crap I was insulted so just signed for one....
ZOE WANAMAKER

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and th...
ZOE LOFGREN

We want this consultation to gather as many views as possible. Both workers and employers are instru...
ZOE WOODROW

A lot of kids don't realize he was a minister, that he had a number of college degrees, that he won ...
ZOE SEYMOUR

Chemistry makes me hate myself. I think there is something wrong in letting a child live fourteen or fifteen years believing that everything is so easy and that she'll never really have to try at anything 'cause she's so naturally talented.

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Chemistry makes me hate myself. I think there is something wrong in letting a child live fourteen or fifteen years believing that everything is so easy and that she'll never really have to try at anything 'cause she's so naturally talented.

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