Sanaa Lathan Quotes
"You would never expect a black woman to be the hero."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Woman)
"In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Time, Tradition, Woman)
"If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Love)
"Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Work)
"Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: People, Care)
"To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Weather)
"When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Film)
"I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Being, Feeling, Right, Theater)
"The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Being)
"I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Work, Months, Relax, Want)
"I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Work, Play)
"I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we all had the same agenda."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Men, Women, Fact)
"I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Dance, Ballet, Basketball, Learning, Teaching)
"I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Experience, Will)
"I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Education)
"I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Work, Action, Day, Endurance, Hurt, Now, Respect, Stars)
"CGI is done after the film is done. It's through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most of it is that creature that is in the room with you."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Computer, Film)
"Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Being)
"As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I'm not filling her shoes. I'm doing a part that has the same monsters, but it's a completely different movie."
- Sanaa Lathan
"People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: People, First, Jokes)
"I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth."
- Sanaa Lathan
(Related: Earth, Want)