Zendaya Shares Advice For Young People Who Are Feeling Overwhelmed By Injustice

Zendaya almost flies away in this shot from her December/January 2020 cover of Allure magazine.

Here’s what the 23-year-old Euphoria actress had to say:

On how her family inspired her Tommy x Zendaya collections: “That was my thing — I’m not going to make clothes my sister or my niece or any of the women in my family can’t wear. A lot of the clothes were for tall people too. For my mom, this is the first time that she can wear pants and not get them altered — she’s six feet four.”

On how young people can avoid feeling overwhelmed by injustice: “There’s literally injustice happening every second. It’s intense and it’s overwhelming, and I think a lot of young people are feeling that. But what do we do about it? All I can say is try to find a balance between doing the work and still not letting it destroy you as a person and destroy your hope and faith in humanity. It’s allowing yourself to be angry enough to want to be motivated to do something, but not to where it breaks you down.”

On how her grandfather inspired Rue’s hoodie in Euphoria: “It was written in the script that Rue had this big hoodie. You can tell when she’s having a good day or feels good because her hoodie is not covering her entirely, and then when she’s not feeling it, she’s basically hiding in this giant hoodie. When I was 11, my grandfather passed, and we had all his old clothes. I thought it would be cool if we made [it clear that] the hoodie was Rue’s [late] dad’s hoodie. [I wanted to capture] that attachment that you have to inanimate objects when somebody passes.”

For more of Zendaya‘s interview, head to Allure.com.