Zoe Kravitz To 'Teen Vogue': 'People Are Surprised How Nerdy I Am'

Zoe Kravitz To 'Teen Vogue': 'People Are Surprised How Nerdy I Am'

Zoe Kravitz graces the March 2016 cover of Teen Vogue magazine.

The 27-year-old Allegiant actress opened up in the glossy about her celeb parents, being more nerdy than cool and more. Check it:

On taking nothing for granted: “My parents didn’t become who they are because anything was handed to them, and they didn’t raise a child who expected something to be handed to her, either. My mom would have killed me if I’d assumed any kind of privilege. At first I was really adamant about making sure people knew that I was working hard. Things were definitely handed to me a little bit easier, but people were also judging me twice as hard.”

On redefining the word “cool”: “Everyone is looking at everyone else to see what’s cool. So it’s just all about a level of confidence. When anyone sets out to be cool it becomes contrived. Cool just means ‘I agree with this in this moment.’ People thought acid-washed was cool, and it wasn’t cool – it was cool then. So it really is a moment of acceptance. It’s superficial that people think I’m cool because I wear certain clothes and I have tattoos. The funniest part is, when they get to know me, they’re always surprised by how nerdy I am.”

On stepping up the diversity in films: “Typically white people have the story, and any kind of minority is like adding that pop of red or fun purse or pair of shoes to jazz up an outfit. These people are accents that make things funny, weird, or dramatic…I spent so much of my career saying no to those films. I’ve seen that movie a million times, and I don’t feel right putting that into the world over and over and over again. I’m not going to spend the rest of my life playing some girl’s friend or some girl on crack in the projects.”

For more on Zoe, head to TeenVogue.com.

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Photos: Teen Vogue
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