Zendaya Covers The New Issue Of Interview

Zendaya is on the cover of the new issue of Interview magazine. The young actress is on the cover to promote her new film, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Highlights from her issue are below.

On taking up photography: “I’ve always wanted to get into photography. My grandfather was a photographer—he was also a lawyer, but in the time that he wasn’t being a lawyer, he was a photographer. And my great-grandfather was a photographer as well, in Hollywood, actually. So, I always admired their photos. My grandfather passed when I was 11, but have a lot of his photography in my home. And my mom would tell me stories about how he’d go out and use his light meter, sometimes spend all day taking photos of the same thing as the light changed. As I got older, and with as many photo shoots as I’ve been on, I really started to understand and learn more about light—how it’s reflected and what lights are being used. I’ve now gotten to the point where I love working with certain photographers that understand light and allow me to play with the lights, because I’m like, ‘Okay, listen. Your girl likes to have her light from here.'”

On finding reason behind acting: “My parents were teachers. We need those people. So, sometimes as an actor, I’m like, ‘I’m just make-believing for a living. What am I doing?’ And those are the moments where you’re like, ‘Okay, there’s a reason why I’m doing this.’ I’m so grateful to have shared that episode with you. I learned so much from watching you. I was just sitting there taking a front-row–seat masterclass. So, if you ever see anything in my future performance that looks familiar, you know where it comes from.”

You can check out even more from her interview here.