“I feel like there's just a level of understanding from every side that...” — Zara McDermott Quote

I feel like there's just a level of understanding from every side that 'Strictly' is all-encompassing, and it has to be if you want to do well in the competition. You have to put the hours into training. You have to be really dedicated.

I would like to do more documentaries.

There are lots of eating disorders out there. It's not just anorexia.

Strictly' is so nerve-wracking.

I was one of the girls who started my period slightly later, so I think that made me more nervous. Thinking, why am I the odd one out?

Films just happened to me. After coming to the industry, I became dedicated.

I've had many experiences and hold many identities, and I've done a lot of work in all these areas. All of those things have helped to shape how I show up in the world - knowing that I am a Black queer woman who comes from the labor movement, who has dedicated her life to economic empowerment for workers and for women.

I have dedicated myself to development of the state and hardly get time to spend with my family.

I was a dedicated, boring student. The last thing I wanted was to be a comedienne.