Zoe Kravitz Talks Battle With An Eating Disorder, Relationship With Drake & Desire to Be Non-Famous + Complex Photos

Not feeling satisfied with her frail 90-pound frame for the role:

It was fucked up, man. You could see my rib cage. I was just trying to lose more weight for the film but I couldn’t see: You’re there. Stop. It was scary.

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Gaining the strength to move on from that experience:

I just felt it was different. I don’t know…if a f*cking spirit came over me and said: ‘You have to stop.’

Explaining her insecurities:

It’s either: you’re conceited, or insecure, as opposed to just loving yourself…My mother’s a… …beautiful woman, and I think, in some way, I felt intimidated by that sometimes. My dad dated a lot of supermodels.

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Some people’s reaction to her mother:

People meet her and don’t know what to do with themselves, but she doesn’t know how f*cking cool she is. Or what she means to the rest of the world.

Being glad she accepted the role in The Road Within:

It made me not only confront my demons, but also realize and accept an insecurity that’s still there, and [that it’s] easy to fall back into that pattern. I feel like something has left my body, like some part of me is gone now, something that was making me so insecure. And it feels amazing.

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On how having famous parents has given her opportunities:

It was very easy for me to get an agent when I wanted to act, for obvious reasons. And I don’t know, maybe it’s not because they thought I was talented—I wasn’t the most talented girl in the world when I was 15. It was because my parents were famous, and they were like, ‘Cool, maybe we can make money off of that.’ I know so many talented people that do the most amazing things but they need to work at a restaurant. I don’t. I can make all the art I want and get paid to do it—it’s fucking crazy. I’m so thankful for it.

Her relationship status with Drake:

I’m very flirtatious. [But] he’s family to me. He’s a really, really awesome dude. We inspire each other. We play each other music. Zoë Kravitz is like one of my favorite people in the world.

On being single:

When I tend to meet a guy who’s cool and is into me they’re like, ‘You’re so cool that I can’t handle it.’

On being famous:

I know there are people who know who I am, but I don’t know how famous I am….It’s not that I hate fame or don’t appreciate the response, it’s just not the fire. [Fame] for me is a result of famous parents and hopefully doing my own thing.

Enjoying fame without feeling guilty:

Sometimes it’s difficult for me to enjoy the fame. I guess you just have to trust that you did something awesome in a past life, like saved a kid from a burning home.

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