Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born 1 December, 1988) is an American actress, singer and director known for her role in The Batman. She is the daughter of actress Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz.
Quotes
[edit]- I was incredibly privileged
- I’ve always felt very in touch with my masculine side
- I’m proud of where I come from. Now it’s nice to be in a place where I feel like when people ask me about my parents, I’m not like, ‘Let’s not talk about that.’ I’m like, ‘They’re awesome. I’m grateful to be their child. And I’m also my own human being
- my instinct is always to say [to myself], ‘It’s not mine
- The fact that people don’t think what they say affects a celebrity because [they’re] not a person to them is crazy
- Being uncomfortable with the human body is colonization/brainwashing
- I’m a human being. I want to fucking defend myself
- The fact that I was like, ‘Should I not have worn that?’…. No, I do what I want to do, and I make what I want to make, and if I start being afraid of what other people are going to say or think, I’m no longer doing my job as an artist. I’m not experiencing the world and putting that into art. I’m walking on eggshells. Fuck that. So, I needed to take a minute
- The point of being alive is to experience life and play with it
- Sometimes we can’t show up, and that’s okay as long as we know how to communicate that we love those people.
- Zoë Kravitz Lives Life on Her Own Terms 8 April 2022
- Everyone learns differently. Everyone hears things differently. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses and insecurities, and you have to learn how to support them and what they need to hear. Some actors really need to hear ‘Good job’ after a take. Some actors don’t care. It’s really understanding that
- My feelings don’t get hurt if the idea doesn’t come across or the idea doesn’t work
- There’s a difference between being cocky and knowing to trust that you know what you’re doing
- Creativity is like this invisible thread that you find, and then knowing I’ve got the thread, I’ve just got to keep following it. It’s going to show up, and that confidence is where the good shit is
- The Unshakable Confidence of Zoë Kravitz 25 February, 2025
- all the scripts that were being sent were about the first Black woman to make a muffin or something. Even though those stories are important to tell, I also want to open things up for myself as an artist
- There have definitely been moments in my life where I’ve felt like I needed to soften my edges in some way
- If the story is exciting, it can get me on board even if I’m offered a small part, because I want to contribute to stories that I feel are important to tell
- I like playing women I identify with
- And I don’t really know how or why I’d play the hero’s girlfriend, someone with no point of view. I wouldn’t know what to do with the part. There’s no humanity in that kind of character
- It’s amazing to see the extent to which we’re influenced by our appearance
- Every time someone, but I’m thinking specifically of women, tries something they’re not sure they can do, they’re taking a risk that requires courage
- Where women are concerned, there’s a lot of pressure to do everything perfectly, all the time. So when we go out of our comfort zone, it’s no small thing.
- In the end, it’s all about self confidence. When you have it, there’s no need to overdo anything – you just have to choose the right colours, the right cuts and the right fabrics
- I sincerely believe beauty is to be found inside us
- I sincerely believe beauty is to be found inside us 27 January, 2023
- We’ve seen stories so many times that when something is actually surprising, it’s the best gift I think you can get
- I also really wanted to honor that generation of women that really were made to feel like, "This is how it is. Deal with it."
- I do believe that it's something women have the power to do, but I do think we have yet been given the opportunity within society to actually exercise it on a massive scale. That is the reason why it’s open-ended. And I appreciate what you're saying about wanting to know and saying, "Okay, what does she do with this power?" But I wanted to really leave that question open. Is she ending a cycle or is she continuing a cycle? Is it the idea of the oppressed becoming the oppressor, or does everything change now because the woman is in charge and power is this entity?
- in order for someone to be on the top, someone has to be on the bottom. It's oppressive by nature
- 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.
- I see the human in everyone and everything
- My parents didn’t become who they are because anything was handed to them, and they didn’t raise a child who expected something to be handed to her, either
- You can tell when someone is driven by labels. If something is couture they think it’s important and wear it and sometimes make a terrible fashion mistake. People are shocked that I know so little about designers. I know the big ones because my grandmother wore them or they’ve been around forever. I know you because you’re my best friend, but I don’t know much about the fashion world except for when I like something, I like it.
- I needed someone to say, “You’re a woman now. Dress like a woman
- Why aren’t women starring in more films? It’s because the men are writing them and are the ones cutting the checks. We can’t blame them, I personally don’t think. We need to take that extra step
- Typically white people have the story, and any kind of minority is like adding that pop of red or fun purse or pair of shoes to jazz up an outfit. These people are accents that make things funny, weird, or dramatic
- Humor trumps everything and is probably number one. I think it trumps being politically correct
- I think being kind is actually harder than people like to admit
- I’m another human being, floating around out there in the universe and figuring it out, too. If seeing that brings you comfort, or gives you hope, or makes you feel anything— makes you feel not alone — if that is being a role model, then I’m happy to do that.
