Zendaya covers the October issue of Seventeen (on newsstands September 13). She targets haters with precision and never misses when it comes to the red carpet. Zendaya’s confidence is her best weapon—and she wants you to feel just as powerful. Boom!
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Zendaya Quotes
On learning to handle the critical voices in her own head: “Like, the way I see it in my head, I should be nothing shy of Beyoncé. But you can’t freakin’ put that much pressure on yourself. That doesn’t mean don’t strive for the best, because you should… Sometimes I need to realize that I’m human. I’m doing pretty good.”
On whether there are ever moments when she feels insecure: “I hold myself to such ridiculously high standards that if I don’t meet or surpass them, I doubt myself. That fear of not being as good as you want to be can limit you from doing things. I feel a lot of people doubt me in the acting space because I’ve never done a big movie, and that’s why I’m excited about doing Spider-Man—I have no preconceived notions about how I’m supposed to deal with it. But I auditioned just like everybody else, and clearly I did something right.”
On how she uses social media apps: “People can really see my personality on Snapchat. I like to be funny and make people laugh. Twitter is where I interact with my fans and get to know what they’re into. I kind of stalk them. I’ll send a little ‘Hey, girl’ or favorite their tweet.”
On reading the comments on pictures and things she posts on social media: “I’m not really a comment reader because what I post on Instagram is about my outfit or my faith, and those are things that no one can tell me anything about. If I like it, I like it. But if I’m posting something that is political, sometimes I do read comments to see what people are talking about and thinking.”
On whether Bella Thorne is still one of her close friends: “Yeah! We’ll post things to each other on social media, but we know everybody’s looking at that, so if she wants to talk, she’ll call me or text me.”
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