Recently, Zendaya addressed how the pressure of fame makes her uncomfortable and how she is scared of the limelight.
She said, “I feel like, often, I am not cut out for that part of it. I do love my job, I’m so grateful. I love doing the work, I love being on set, I do love moments like this – don’t get me wrong – but I am terrified of that part of it, often.”
She added, “I was a shy kid, always have been, and so this part isn’t natural – that is a huge reason why fashion became important to me because it became like armour to pretend to go out and do the job.”
She continued, “So I don’t know if I, either, can fully relate, but I definitely understand what you’re saying, and I think that’s what’s terrifying to me. I would like to be a person and for people to see me as that first. I don’t necessarily know if I want or can handle all of that or want [that] – some people that’s part of it, they enjoy the power that comes from it, and I don’t know if that’s for me.”