Quotes from Zendaya

If you get basics that can be switched and piece it together, that is so important.

I love seeing young people take a stance and not be afraid to say how they feel, and protest when they feel things are wrong or unjust.

I love to entertain and make people laugh.

I love simplicity.

I hate when books are written from the wrong perspective; when they're written by adults for tweenagers. Like, do you truly remember what it's like to be 12? No, not really.

My older brothers and sisters have kids and families.

What is cool today is not going to be cool tomorrow, and what wasn't cool yesterday is going to be cool tomorrow.

There's no such thing as trends. There's no such thing as style, even. It's just whatever you feel.

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.

Well, I would say that Shake It Up was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.

I'm not good at a lot of things. I am not good at keeping my room clean. I am not good at eating healthy. I am not good at sports anymore. I used to be! Not so much anymore.

When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.

It's hard as a young person of a different ethnicity or background to look at the TV and not see anyone who looks like you. Representation is very important.

I was born an auntie. I have an older niece and nephew and many younger nieces and nephews.

When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it.

If there's any definition to being perfect, you're perfect at being yourself.

There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.

I wore that same outfit that the male model over there is wearing. It's inclusive, it feels good and that's what I wanted. I want people to feel good.

I don't think people understand the power of social media or our phones.

Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

Find something that makes you happy and go for it.

Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.

I did kindergarten twice because I was so shy.

We have to build the country that we want to see our future children and grandchildren live in.