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" The '60s is one of my favourite eras in general. I love '60s music, and I've always wanted to do a period film. "
Zoe Kravitz
Music
Film
Love
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" 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?' "
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" 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. "
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" I don't want to play everyone's best friend. I don't want to play the role of a girl struggling in the ghetto. It's not that that story isn't important, but I saw patterns, and was like, 'I don't relate to these people.' "
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" I learned early on - I can go to a shoot, and they will put anything they want to put on me, and I'll look like an idiot because I didn't say I don't like it. It's OK to have an opinion. "
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Early
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" The whole Hollywood thing where people want to put me into this 'quirky-fashionista, daughter of' category makes me mad because it's promoting something that I don't believe in, and it's not who I am. "
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Mad
Me
" One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.' "
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Movies
Time
" 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
" I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do. "
Zoe Kravitz
Love
Done
Want
" 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
" 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 like to make music because it's fun to do and it makes me feel good, but I have no desire to be a huge pop singer or anything like that. I just like to make it. "
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Good
Desire
Feel Good
" Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius. "
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Turquoise
" I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out. "
Zoe Kravitz
Cheeseburger
Los Angeles
Just
" 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 feel like most creative people are total freaks. "
Zoe Kravitz
People
Like
Feel
" 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 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'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays. "
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Gal
Markets
Much
" 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 don't wear a lot of perfumey-perfumes because I think a lot of them smell like you're wearing perfume. And I don't want to smell like that. "
Zoe Kravitz
Perfume
You
Want
" 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 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. "
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People
Small
School
" 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. "
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Acting
Music
Me
" Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful. "
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Beautiful
Beauty
Love
" 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. "
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Think
Way
Parents
" Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary. "
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Art
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" My style is very inspired by both my parents, so we all have the same taste. "
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Style
Same
Inspired
" 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. "
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Time
Live
Beautiful
" 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. "
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Old
Vintage
Big
" I don't really go out, 'go out' that much anymore. 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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