Rachel Zegler Quotes

Rachel Zegler

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 3, 2001

You know, yeah, my dad is white - he's American. His family has been in this country for many, many, many years. And the same can't be said for my other side of the family.

Rachel Zegler

My first red carpet was the Met Gala, which just feels like a baptism by fire.

Rachel Zegler

Please, feel pretty. Feel beautiful. Sing about it. Talk about it.

Rachel Zegler

I think that public gratification is what my mind is looking for. That is not what it's all about. It's about how you feel about yourself.

Rachel Zegler

There's an instant gratification to performance art.

Rachel Zegler

Because I'm a white Latina, I hold a lot of privilege, and if that's the conversation people want to have, about my privilege in this industry, then I am absolutely welcome to have that conversation.

Rachel Zegler

I don't always have good days. I'm very human.

Rachel Zegler

That's why art is so fantastic: It can keep being adapted to move with society's vision as well as the original.

Rachel Zegler

I lead with love, and that's all I can really tell the world.

Rachel Zegler

People find comfort in boxes, is really what I've learned, and people found comfort in the bubbles they were filling out for standardized tests. And I don't understand it, because they made me uncomfortable.

Rachel Zegler

When you're in this industry and you're held to a certain standard, it can often feel like you're trying to catch up with the version of yourself that everybody has projected onto you.

Rachel Zegler

The evolution of 'West Side Story' has been a long one.

Rachel Zegler

We put so many eggs in the basket of parasocial relationships and these expectations that are impossible for these normal human beings to meet, and then we feign disappointment when they don't meet them.

Rachel Zegler

I got to work with Jeanine Tesori, who was my hero from a very young age. Getting to work with her and getting to call her my friend is something that I will not be able to live down, truly.

Rachel Zegler

I'm a huge advocate for the fact that there's no one way to be Latina.

Rachel Zegler

Every Juliet-based character is pure and innocent. She's the Virgin Mary, and she can do no wrong.

Rachel Zegler

I have to believe in manifesting.

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I just started to use my voice in a powerful way, and my mom was really instrumental in making sure that I explored that aspect of my life.

Rachel Zegler

At the end of the day, I have a job to do that I'm really excited to do. I get to be a Latina princess.

Rachel Zegler

We were so fortunate on 'West Side Story' to have a creative team that cared a lot about the authenticity of the story being told.

Rachel Zegler