Zoe Kazan Quotes

United States, Actress
September 9, 1983

Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and playwright. Kazan made her acting debut in Swordswallowers and Thin Men (2003) and later appeared in films such as The Savages (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008) and It's Complicated (2009). She starred in happythankyoumoreplease (2010), Meek's Cutoff (2010) and Ruby Sparks (2012), writing the screenplay for the latter. In 2014, she starred in the film What If and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, for which she received an Emmy nomination.

Also known as Playwright, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Film Actor

Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.

Zoe Kazan
- People
- World
- Feel
People really do make the assumption that I had some weirdo Hollywood upbringing, but my parents are incredibly down-to-earth people who worked really hard to raise us in a way that was health.

Zoe Kazan
- People
- Parents
- Earth

I never wanted to be a playwright.

Zoe Kazan
- Never
- Wanted
- Playwright
I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.

Zoe Kazan
- Time
- Chance
- Jump
I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.

Zoe Kazan
- History
- Think
- Film
I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!

Zoe Kazan
- Life
- American
- Hate
But my family's really close and I was interested in what Mommy and Daddy did for a living. So when Mommy and Daddy had a script that wasn't totally age inappropriate, they would let me read it. And we would talk about it.

Zoe Kazan
- Family
- Age
- Me
I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.

Zoe Kazan
- People
- Love
- Curious

If I'm not working, I don't feel complete.

Zoe Kazan
- Feel
- Working
- Complete
I grew up in L.A., and I don't think I've seen L.A. onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There are definitely movies, but they are few and far between.

Zoe Kazan
- Up
- Real
- Think
And I think the female creative urge is intrinsically biologically linked to our ability to give birth to a child, even if we've never... I've never given birth, but I feel like it's part of our psychology.

Zoe Kazan
- Think
- Child
- Creative
And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.

Zoe Kazan
- Bored
- Worst
- Destructive
I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.

Zoe Kazan
- Live
- Experience
- Think
Writing-wise, I like to have a lot of things on the burners at once, because when I hit a wall, I like to move on to the thing I haven't hit a wall on.

Zoe Kazan
- Writing
- Like
- Wise

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

Zoe Kazan
- Character
- Action
- Problem