Zoe Saldana has successfully established herself as a top-level Hollywood star. She is one of the most well-accomplished and dedicated entertainers who is courageous, picks her roles carefully, and demonstrates them beautifully on the silver screen, making them seem authentic. The actress has achieved stratospheric success throughout her run as a leading star in showbiz and steadily built a vast filmography containing movies across all genres.
The actress shot to global stardom in 2009 for excellently portraying the character of indigenous hunter Neytiri Sully in the James Cameron-directed epic sci-fi film Avatar. Since then, she has continued dominating the big screen with her powerhouse portrayals in big-budgeted and long-running franchises.
While she has been working non-stop for the past few years, Saldana once admitted that at the beginning of her career, she used to work super hard, which she still does. However, the idea of productivity and overburdening herself for work became “too much for her.”
Zoe Saldana Reveals Why She Always Gives Her Best in Her Every Film Project
Zoe Saldana is one of the most electrifying, hardworking, and entertaining actresses in the movie business, who has continued to captivate the audience with her over-the-top acting chops. Saldana has starred in some of the highest-grossing franchise film series and has worked with many award-winning directors like James Cameron.
She has been working non-stop, making waves in the industry, and giving exceptional performances. In a candid interview, the Avatar movie star once revealed that at some point in her career, she felt that the idea of being too productive and overburdening herself over work became too much for her, as she claimed,
“There was a time where it was so exciting to seem [like I was] and to know that I was one of the hardest working people. Now I’m actually embarrassed because this whole idea of productivity and overproducing yourself too much is just a lot.”
The 45-year-old actress has never shied away from playing challenging and physically demanding roles, for which she does arduous training and long research to demonstrate her character effectively. The past few years have been incredibly fruitful, productive, and reward-worthy for her thriving career.
Zoe Saldana Reveals How Her Life Changed after the Massive Success of Her Film Avatar
During the interview, the actress revealed that after the mega success of her 2009 movie Avatar, a lot changed in her personal and professional life, and she tries to balance them both now. Zoe Saldana shared,
“In terms of the way that I approach work, I seem to have gone back to the way I started, which is just to give 120 percent and do the homework and go to bed early, and focus on my work. But after ‘Avatar,’ when you’re young and all of the time you have, the opportunity to travel and to go to lavish dinners and wear beautiful outfits and the nightlife became very attractive.
She further talked about how hard she worked to prepare herself for her role,
“It was a lot of working hard and a lot of [playing] hard that sometimes got in the way of me feeling full, fully proud of the work I was doing — because I did the work.”
Zoe Saldana has starred in dozens of iconic films like Special Ops: Lioness, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Avatar: The Way of Water, Law & Order, and Avengers: Endgame.
Source: WWD
