Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, and playwright. Read full biography of Zoe Kazan →
My schedule is completely different doing a play than it is doing a movie, and I actually think it's a much harder schedule because you've... →
I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.
Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.
People really do make the assumption that I had some weirdo Hollywood upbringing, but my parents are incredibly down-to-earth people who worked... →
Well, I have a sister that I'm very close with, and that relationship is probably the most intense relationship of my life to date, probably of... →
And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.
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... →
I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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 don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.
I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
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 really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.