Zoe Kazan
Zoe Kazan
Zoe Swicord Kazan is an American actress and playwright. Kazan made her acting debut in Swordswallowers and Thin Menand later appeared in films such as The Savages, Revolutionary Roadand It's Complicated. She starred in happythankyoumoreplease, Meek's Cutoffand Ruby Sparks, for which she wrote the screenplay. In 2014, she starred in the film What If and the HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Kazan has also acted in several Broadway productions...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 September 1983
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We all have our essential nature. If you're good with numbers, you don't even know you're good with numbers because that's how your mind works.
I think from my earliest childhood, I liked to tell stories, put on plays and write things. It's funny to think of it as an "artistic bug" because I didn't necessarily want to be an artist. It's just who I was and how I communicate.
It's fun for me to be with someone who loves reading as much as I do, because he'll give me things to read that I wouldn't normally seek out, and I think vice versa.
I love to act and that's sort of my first love. That's what I started out doing.
I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.
Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or on set, is all that you can bring.
If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
If I'm not working, I don't feel complete.
In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.
When you're in the editing room, as a director, you get the opportunity to look at your work. As a writer, you can rewrite. But as an actor, unless you're watching playback, you really rely on the director to help you.
My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.
Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.
When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.