“I'm a white Latina. I don't get stopped on the street for the way that...” — Rachel Zegler Quote

“I'm a white Latina. I don't get stopped on the street for the way that I look. That's my privilege, but when I speak Spanish on the subway, I've been spit on.”

“I really just want to tell great stories, and one of my truest beliefs that I hold onto very tight is that true representation comes when we simply get to exist in the world without having to necessarily acknowledge our heritage in the context of a story.”

“You don't normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent. Even though Snow White is really a big deal in Spanish-speaking countries. Blanca Nieves is a huge icon whether you're talking about the Disney cartoon or just different iterations and the Grimm fairy tale and all the stories that come with it.”

“I was in Mexico City prior to L.A. and doing my thing, not really knowing what the experience of being a Latino or Latina and living in the United States and being born there means.”

“I would like to do more millennial, Latina, complicated stories.”

“I love going to the hair salon. I'm Spanish. I think it's more of a Latina thing to go to the hair salon.”