Actress Zoe Saldana says she's so over identity politics, and aspires to be known for her individual merits, not just her race or gender.

The actress got candid in an interview with BET.com this week, and said her identity isn't everything she is.

"I find it uncomfortable to have to speak about my identity all of the time, when in reality, it's not something that drives me or wakes me up out of bed everyday," the actress said.

She chafes at being called an "ethnic" actress. "I literally run away from people that use words like ethnic. It's preposterous!"

Of her upbringing, in a Dominican and Puerto Rican household in both the U.S. and Dominican Republic, she said she wasn't taught to only put stake in her ethnicity.

"I didn't grow up in a household where I was categorized by my mother. I was just Zoe and I could have and I could be anything that I ever wanted to do... and every human being is the same as you," she said.

"So to all of a sudden leave your household and have people always ask you, 'What are you, what are you' is the most uncomfortable question sometimes and it's literally the most repetitive question."

"I can't wait to be in a world where people are sized by their soul and how much they can contribute as individuals and not what they look like."

She also expounded upon her recent Allure interview, in which she expressed a fluidity in her sexuality.

"If I look at beauty," the actress said, "I'm going to admire and love beauty no matter if it comes in the form of a masculine essence or a feminine essence. Beauty is just beauty.

"Up until now, I've known my life to be with men. I've been attracted to the male species, but if one day I wake up and I want to be with a woman, I'm going to do that. And I know I am going to be supported by the creatures that have raised me and love me and know me."

Check out the video of Saldana's interview.

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