Actress Zoe Saldana recently revealed her lifelong struggle with dyslexia, explaining how it affects her during high-pressure situations like award ceremonies. She shared her experience during her Golden Globe acceptance speech and elaborated further in interviews, discussing the challenges and her journey of self-acceptance.
Zoe Saldaña has struggled with dyslexia her whole life but only recently started speaking publicly about the diagnosis.
“I think that was the reason why I was having so much anxiety, you know, days coming up to this award ceremony,” Saldaña explained to Extra at the time. “I know that when adrenaline kicks in and nerves kick in, you stop breathing and you just go blank. I was just so afraid of not recognizing people, acknowledging people onstage that are responsible for me being where I am. I’m very hard on myself so I take responsibility for everything that I do, so it was that.
'I think addressing my dyslexia and my anxiety was the reason why I sort of embarked on this challenge to do a Taylor Sheridan sort of show,' she told People in October 2024. 'He's very dialogue-heavy. It's very wordy. There's a cadence to the way he wants the sort of the dialogues in the scenes to be said.'
She noted that the “worst thing” that could happen is changing “a scene last minute” or more dialogue. “That’s when I’m like, ‘Wait, wait, wait, that’s dyslexia 2.0’ — that will be the next step,” Saldaña added.When it came to taking on her Lioness part, Saldaña said she was afraid to tackle show creator Taylor Sheridan’s writing.
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