Zendaya forVogueItaly’s July 2022 issue.Photo: Elizaveta Porodina
Zendayais opening up about her love for her fans — and their respect for her personal life.In her cover interview forVogueItaly’s July issue, the 25-year-old actress said many of her fans “have grown with me and have watched me evolve in different parts of my life and career and with that, many of us being around the same age, have similar outlooks on life, similar thoughts or even just hopes and wishes for the future, whether it be for my career or the world.““They’re really understanding that I’m human, even the hardcore ones, and they want me to be happy and I genuinely feel that from them,” Zendaya added. “They’re really respectful of my boundaries and the things that I choose to keep a little bit more private and keep for myself.“TheEuphoriastar noted that while she’s still “able to maintain a little bit of anonymity,” it’s nothing compared to her “pretty normal life” of the past. “Recently, I’ve had more of a change happening in regards to reactions when I meet people or how people interact with me on a daily basis,” she shared.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Zendaya on the cover ofVogueItaly.Elizaveta PorodinaRELATED GALLERY:11 Celebs Who Keep Their Family Life Private"Of course it comes with new sets of challenges and pressures, but I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I started when I was quite young,” Zendaya told the magazine. “So thankfully I’ve had a little bit of time to ease and grow my experience in a way that wasn’t just completely an overnight change.““I’m always adjusting to it and trying to be grateful for it all in the end, because it means that people are clearly resonating with the work that I’m doing, and that means a lot to me,” she added.Last year, the actress took part in an interview forGQ’s Men of the Year issue alongside boyfriend andSpider-Man: No Way HomecostarTom Holland, where they got candid about navigating relationships while in the public eye.“One of the downsides of our fame is that privacy isn’t really in our control anymore, and a moment that you think is between two people that love each other very much is now a moment that is shared with the entire world,” Holland, 26, told the outlet.RELATED VIDEO: Zendaya on Importance of Taking Time Away from Social Media: “It Would Kind of Make Me Anxious"He added, “I’ve always been really adamant to keep my private life private, because I share so much of my life with the world anyway. We sort of felt robbed of our privacy. I don’t think it’s about not being ready. It’s just that we didn’t want to.“Speaking to fellow actor andSpider-ManstarAndrew Garfieldfor the cover ofVariety’s Actors on Actors issue, Zendaya recently revealed the “boundaries”-related reason she mainly chooses acting over music, aside from the occasional soundtrack cut.“I don’t knowif I could ever be a pop star,” she said. “It’s because as an actor, there’s a level of anonymity that I get to have, which I really like.““I get to sort my stuff, whatever that is, through a character and nobody needs to know about it. Whereas in other forms and other mediums, it’s all you all the time,” Zendaya added.
Zendayais opening up about her love for her fans — and their respect for her personal life.
In her cover interview forVogueItaly’s July issue, the 25-year-old actress said many of her fans “have grown with me and have watched me evolve in different parts of my life and career and with that, many of us being around the same age, have similar outlooks on life, similar thoughts or even just hopes and wishes for the future, whether it be for my career or the world.”
“They’re really understanding that I’m human, even the hardcore ones, and they want me to be happy and I genuinely feel that from them,” Zendaya added. “They’re really respectful of my boundaries and the things that I choose to keep a little bit more private and keep for myself.”
TheEuphoriastar noted that while she’s still “able to maintain a little bit of anonymity,” it’s nothing compared to her “pretty normal life” of the past. “Recently, I’ve had more of a change happening in regards to reactions when I meet people or how people interact with me on a daily basis,” she shared.
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Zendaya on the cover ofVogueItaly.Elizaveta Porodina
RELATED GALLERY:11 Celebs Who Keep Their Family Life Private
“Of course it comes with new sets of challenges and pressures, but I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I started when I was quite young,” Zendaya told the magazine. “So thankfully I’ve had a little bit of time to ease and grow my experience in a way that wasn’t just completely an overnight change.”
“I’m always adjusting to it and trying to be grateful for it all in the end, because it means that people are clearly resonating with the work that I’m doing, and that means a lot to me,” she added.
Last year, the actress took part in an interview forGQ’s Men of the Year issue alongside boyfriend andSpider-Man: No Way HomecostarTom Holland, where they got candid about navigating relationships while in the public eye.
“One of the downsides of our fame is that privacy isn’t really in our control anymore, and a moment that you think is between two people that love each other very much is now a moment that is shared with the entire world,” Holland, 26, told the outlet.
RELATED VIDEO: Zendaya on Importance of Taking Time Away from Social Media: “It Would Kind of Make Me Anxious”
He added, “I’ve always been really adamant to keep my private life private, because I share so much of my life with the world anyway. We sort of felt robbed of our privacy. I don’t think it’s about not being ready. It’s just that we didn’t want to.”
Speaking to fellow actor andSpider-ManstarAndrew Garfieldfor the cover ofVariety’s Actors on Actors issue, Zendaya recently revealed the “boundaries”-related reason she mainly chooses acting over music, aside from the occasional soundtrack cut.
“I don’t knowif I could ever be a pop star,” she said. “It’s because as an actor, there’s a level of anonymity that I get to have, which I really like.”
“I get to sort my stuff, whatever that is, through a character and nobody needs to know about it. Whereas in other forms and other mediums, it’s all you all the time,” Zendaya added.
source: people.com
