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
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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!
I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
I feel lucky to receive such critical attention and praise when you're in a show that's going to last a month, it's just easier when audiences are more receptive. I've done two new shows this year, so I'm always excited to work on something a little older, traditional and structured.
I never wanted to be a playwright.
I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.
I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.
There aren't a lot of movies being made about women, period. Most of the time, the roles that are available are the sidekick, the friend, the girlfriend or the wife, and they just aren't that interesting.
I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.
I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.
I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.