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" One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.' "
Zoe Kravitz
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" There are a bunch of images that are thrown in our faces all the time about what we're supposed to look like at 14, 15, 16. It's confusing. I think every woman can identify with that struggle. "
Zoe Kravitz
Woman
Struggle
Time
" I look back on some of my outfits, and I'm like: 'Why did I wear that? Where are my friends and why didn't they tell me not to leave the house?' If they had, I probably would've said, 'You don't know what you're talking about. This looks amazing.' "
Zoe Kravitz
Look
You
Me
" I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends. "
Zoe Kravitz
School
High School
Friends
" I love shopping in New York just because you walk around and find a little store you've never saw before, and you're like, 'Oh what's that? This is my new favorite place.' I love that about New York. "
Zoe Kravitz
Shopping
Walk
Love
" In the last 'Batman' movie, they told me that I couldn't get an audition for a small role they were casting because they weren't 'going urban.' It was like, 'What does that have to do with anything?' "
Zoe Kravitz
Small
Urban
Going
" When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to. "
Zoe Kravitz
You
Style
Los Angeles
" I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure. "
Zoe Kravitz
Watch
Sit
Just
" I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things. "
Zoe Kravitz
Think
Way
Parents
" I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school. "
Zoe Kravitz
High School
Time
Eating
" My mom and grandmother were actresses, and I knew I was going to do this since I was super young. I would put on shows at my grandparents' house and sing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' in the living room. I was in drama club and chorus, and I knew every word to 'Grease.' "
Zoe Kravitz
House
Mom
Rainbow
" I live in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, so I just like to wander around. Williamsburg's such a cool little neighborhood community spot. "
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Cool
Live
Wander
" I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies, and I wasn't into hip-hop music. I liked Neil Young. "
Zoe Kravitz
Black
Culture
Hip-Hop
" The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape. "
Zoe Kravitz
Beautiful
Jewelry
Vintage
" I love London; I could totally live here, actually. I'm in New York most of the time, and it really reminds me a lot of New York. "
Zoe Kravitz
London
Time
New York
" Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius. "
Zoe Kravitz
Turquoise
" I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments. "
Zoe Kravitz
Car
Cool
Shoes
" I'm a big fan of, like, wearing old, vintage slips and stuff as outdoor wear. I got, like, a pair of these little silk bloomers. I think they were even, like, considered underwear in the '40s. I wore them as shorts the other day. "
Zoe Kravitz
Old
Vintage
Big
" My dad dated a lot of supermodels. "
Zoe Kravitz
Dad
Dated
Lot
" I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork. "
Zoe Kravitz
People
Small
School
" People love teen movies because everyone can relate. "
Zoe Kravitz
People
Teen
Everyone
" I try not to wear foundation unless I have a giant pimple, which sometimes I do. For the red carpet, I may add a brighter colored lip and darker eyes. But my standard is blush and mascara. "
Zoe Kravitz
Sometimes
Foundation
Eyes
" I've stayed away from doing 'urban film' because I just don't relate to the characters. I'm not going to take a role because I happen to have the same skin color. "
Zoe Kravitz
Going
Skin
Same
" I'm obsessed with Juice Press - they're everywhere. I spend so much money at that place it's crazy. "
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Crazy
Place
Much
" I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works. "
Zoe Kravitz
Acting
Music
Me
" I'm not a very organized person. "
Zoe Kravitz
Organized
Person
Very
" I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual. "
Zoe Kravitz
T-Shirt
I Am
Girl
" I used to make my grandparents pay a dollar to watch me sing 'Grease' songs and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' in their living room. I was always an entertainer, and I would always do all that stuff, but it slowly evolved into a career, which is great, but it wasn't a plan. "
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Living
Great
Rainbow
" That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and then discovering that I'm not, hopefully. So I relate to having to fight that and claim my own identity, when people are trying to throw different ones at me. "
Zoe Kravitz
Fight
Identity
Life
" In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say. "
Zoe Kravitz
Time
Live
Beautiful
" I was raised vegan. My mom would always make quinoa with squash and kale, hippie stuff like that. Now I eat meat, but I try to be conscious about where it's coming from. "
Zoe Kravitz
Mom
Try
Meat