Zoe Saldana Goes Nude for Allure US June 2013

                          

  Photographed by Tom Munro

On finding a balance of ambition and self-acceptance: "Now, in the last few years of my life, I'm actually claiming what I want and not being afraid that I'm jinxing it, that it might not happen, that I might be disappointed if it doesn't happen. It's OK to say, 'This is what I want'—and go after it. And if it doesn't happen, it's OK. Be a reasonable person with yourself."

On dating actors: "Been there, done that, got the T-shirt."

On being criticized for accepting to play Nina Simone: "Let me tell you, if Elizabeth Taylor can be Cleopatra, I can be Nina—I'm sorry. It doesn't matter how much backlash I will get for it. I will honor and respect my black community because that's who I am."

On her sexuality: "[I might] end up with a woman raising my children...that's how androgynous I am!" Does she mean she would be amenable to the idea of raising a child with another woman as her partner? "Yes, I was raised that open."

Has she had a relationship with another woman? She deliberates, then says, "Promise me one thing: You're going to ask this question [in the article]—if you choose to, just put three dots as my response. That's it."

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Courtesy of Allure