Rachel Zegler Quotes

Rachel Zegler

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 3, 2001

I'm a classic gal, like, I'm just a cheese pizza.

Rachel Zegler

I named my guitar Joan after Joan Baez.

Rachel Zegler

Writing and sharing music, it's a very vulnerable thing. Especially when you're in the public eye, people like to have ideas of what it might be about, or who, or what. I just kind of want to share my music with the world in a very intimate way.

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It's okay to take risks.

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I was 12 or 13 the first time I ever performed onstage with a cast of people. It was 'Fiddler on the Roof.' I think I said three words the whole show.

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I felt more of my anonymity go out the window after 'Snow White' was announced, because Disney has such a dedicated following.

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Snow White' was this incredible piece of art, hailed as this triumph for animation, and put Disney on the map in such a huge way.

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How many rooms do we walk into where they are supposed to be Latinx stories, not told in any capacity by Latinx people?

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People are making these jokes about ours being the PC 'Snow White,' where it's like, yeah, it is - because it needed that.

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I don't think there could be a more stressful press tour than what I had to do for 'West Side Story.' Having to answer for a lot of cultural questions and at the same time answer for why I got cast as a Disney princess that isn't associated with my skin color - it was bizarre.

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My Latin heritage does inform me in a very real way - I walked through the world differently than Natalie Wood did.

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Getting to sing 'I Feel Pretty,' being a Latina on screen, is something I can't even really put into words. I really hope that young people everywhere are able to watch that and relate, and know that it's OK to relate and that it's safe to relate.

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I was fortunate enough to live in a close proximity to Manhattan and got to see Broadway shows all the time.

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I saw 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Little Mermaid,' 'The Lion King,' 'Mary Poppins' - I saw all of those before I was introduced to the classics.

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I really credit my learning curve to my experience on stage.

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When you make movies, people come up and retouch your hair and makeup all day. So what starts out as very light makeup turns into 13 layers of concealer by the end of the day. That takes a toll on your skin, so you want to do as much as you can to soothe it and avoid any breakouts, spots, or bumps.

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As I've grown older, I've just been able to appreciate more of those beauty standards in Latin America.

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Shazam 2 was my second movie that I had ever made and I was really lost in that period of time.

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I was auditioning since the age of 14 to be in Broadway shows, and it just never happened for me.

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I really just want to tell great stories, and one of my truest beliefs that I hold onto very tight is that true representation comes when we simply get to exist in the world without having to necessarily acknowledge our heritage in the context of a story.

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