Zendaya Covers Glamour’s Powered by Women Issue & Interviewed by Yara Shahidi

Zendaya is on the cover of Glamour magazine. The star is on the cover of the magazine’s new November 2017/ Powered by Women issue.

The issue features a special interview with Zendaya, which was conducted by her friend and black-ish star, Yara Shahidi. In the issue, Zendaya talks wanting to excel at school, her clothing line, her inspirations, and so much more.

On wanting to excel at school: “I remember some kids I knew would cheat their way through an online school program. They’d just look up the answers and type them in. That’s insane to me. It’s funny that you talk about lawyers, because my mom had to write letters to Disney lawyers to say, “Listen, my daughter needs this teacher,” because I’d finally found someone who would work with me when I had press tours. In the car. On the plane. On the train. In the hotel room. She’d be like, “Are you tired? I don’t care.” I remember doing Dancing With the Stars and literally falling asleep reading a book. I’d never been so tired in my life—there’s no off time. But she stuck with me and made sure I got what I needed.”

On who inspires her: “There’s definitely a long list. I am inspired right now by people who use their platforms: If people know your name, they should know it for a reason. I’m obviously inspired by my mother, and I have an obsession with Oprah. She’s someone who, even with everything stacked against her, has soared to unbelievable heights. If she wants to create a network, she can do it. She wants to produce a movie? She can do it. But then also there’s this level of realness to her. You feel like she’s your auntie.”

This is literally one of my favorite interviews to date. Their interview felt more like a conversation rather than an interview and I loved it! You can read the full thing here. Under the jump, you will find a behind the scenes video from the shoot.