Zoe Saldaña on Seeing ‘Terminator’ Aged 7, Having the Wrong-Shaped Feet and Wanting to Direct: ‘Give Me That Camera!’

By John Bleasdale

John Bleasdale

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Zoe Saldaña has starred in blockbuster franchises “Star Trek,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Avatar,” has won an Oscar for “Emilia Perez” and holds the crown as the actor whose films have earned the most money ever. So what comes next? 

“I have a feeling that I can only watch other people’s direction for so long until I kind of say: ‘Give me that camera!’” Saldaña told an audience at Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. “Because women, we all think that we’re right because we are half the time. So I would like to prove myself.”

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