Zendaya Teams With Artist Simone Leigh For Garage Magazine

Zendaya is features in a new article for Garage magazine. The young actress is featured in the magazine to promote her partnership with Lancome and the release of their new fragrance, Idole. Highlights from the issue are below.

On finding inspiration in acting: “I’m an actress, so I have this gift of being able to tell people’s stories and to take on people’s pain and happiness and whatever it is they go through, so that it can be reflected, and somebody in the world can see themselves within these characters that I’m able to play. They can think, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m not the only one in the world that is feeling this.’ It makes you feel less lonely. I think that that’s something really, really special, something that I’ve really just become more in tune with for Euphoria . To me, the role had so many layers and so much depth and so many things for me to play with. There was a character that, I think, never comes around for anybody, especially not a woman. You know what I’m saying? Definitely not a black woman. I think that in itself was exciting for me to take on.”

On who she would portray if she could portray anyone: “I don’t know. People often ask that, and I think the beauty of being an actor is to be able to literally be anybody. At this point, I want to look for things that are going to continue to push me in different ways, whether it’s being pushed in a comedic way, whether it’s being pushed in a dramatic way. I just want to continue to expand myself and see what I can be capable of and who I can transform into. It’s scary and it’s hard and it’s terrifying, and that, I think, is the beauty in all of it—just kind of being a little bit terrified and getting to the other side. I want to continue to be put outside of my comfort zone, because comfort is the enemy of progress.”

You can check out even more from Zendaya’s interview here.