Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana covers the june 2013 issue of Allure magazine. Here’s what the 34-yr-old actress had to share.

On knowing what she wants: “If I have something good in front of me—it doesn’t matter if it’s a person or a pair of shoes—I’m not going to test something else,” she explains. “It’s insecure, and it’s immature.”

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

On her sexaulity: “[I might] end up with a woman raising my children…that’s how androgynous I am!”

On if she has had relationship with another woman: ”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.” “…”

On the Nina Simone backlash: “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 being proud of her ethnicity: “It’s hard enough to be a woman on this earth. So to be an American or black or Latina, it’s arbitrary compared to our battles as women.”

Zoe Saldana covers the June 2013 issue of Instyle UK. Here’s what the “Star Trek: Into Darkness” actress had to share about how she’s moving on from heartbreak, how to handle the age issue in Hollywood and more. Also, check out the FULL spread below.

On Hollywood’s obsession with youth: “I’ve been told by producers, “Well, you know we need to get on this because you’re not getting any younger…’ Women are reminded of their age all the time and it’s usually by a fricking fat, big-bellied old man with a comb-over and you look at him and you’re like, ‘Really? Give me a break. You just have more money and more power in this situation than I do, but not in my life.’ I’m tired of watching these 50-year-old actors with these 23-year-old actresses and their soul mates in the movie. What? [In real life] a 23-year-old would look at a 50-year-old and go, ‘Are you kidding me?’” More >

Zoe Saldana covers the May issue of Latina magazine. Here’s what the “Columbiana” actress had to share with the publication.

On (Reluctantly) Accepting the Role of Uhura in Star Trek: “I was afraid…I was very concerned. I think I was just a little beside myself because after the treat and the gift of booking Avatar and being in the middle of shooting, to be able to then do another great movie with another great filmmaker back to back—I was a little overwhelmed and I thought: ‘Maybe I should just take some time off and focus and just rest?’ But my mom is a Trekkie, and my team was like, ‘Zoe, are you stupid? Don’t let fear immobilize you. This is an amazing opportunity to step into the shoes of an iconic character in an iconic series and it’s in space and you’re a sci-fi buff.’ And I was like, ‘oh my God, who am I kidding? Absolutely. I’ll totally do it.’

On Reports Of A Post-Avatar Meltdown: “That was completely blown out of proportion. That was so exaggerated and so ridiculous. It’s no different than what a child does after you’ve had a birthday party for a child. The child has been so stimulated by everybody, in every direction, consistently, you feel depleted. You use so much serotonin that you feel, not empty, but you feel a little tired and depleted and you have to fill your well of energy and of happiness and you have to pay attention to you. That downtime was very welcoming and very beautiful, but it wasn’t like I got f****** depressed and I just wouldn’t get out of bed. That has never happened to me! I hate when you say something and then it’s like, ay dios mio…” More >