Zoe Saldana keeps it real about what it was like when she first began to work in film: https://t.co/wltTr9LpgS pic.twitter.com/0V5hyPBLqr — E! News (@enews) April 5, 2018

"It was unfair and uneven...from how you built the part to why you were cast...to how you were dressed. And that one scene where you have to be in your underwear and why you have to have this sex scene that feels gratuitous. Or when you arrive on set and see your male director and male co-star are having a collaborative discussion about a scene that involves you, and you're not a part of it because you're the serviceable character. And how hurt you then feel in your trailer. I don't want to go back to that. You feel stupid. I don't want to hear another man tell me, 'Oh, you were my muse.' I don't want to fucking be your muse anymore. I don't want you to just post me on your wall and look at me. I want you to listen to me!""I'm not going to sugar-coat it for you. Ask any artists of color if they feel like they have to work harder. I don't mean that we deserve any special treatment--I don't want anybody's sympathy. But I do encourage empathy because you do have to work twice as hard to make someone in a position of power who has the power to fuck with your life and your dreams see why they should hire you, and why you are the right person for the role. We are yet to have an Asian superhero. And I'm waiting for that. It's time. 'Time's Up!' What's the answer? 'Standing up and speaking with love and respect whenever you feel you've been treated unfairly.'"