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"Being one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood isn&amp;apos;t always easy.\r\nIn the September issue of Latina, 33-year-old Zoe Saldana admits she nearly had a mental breakdown following the success of 2009&amp;apos;s record-breaking blockbuster Avatar.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;The year after Avatar was just emotionally overwhelming. I was  traveling all over the world, waking up in different time zones,&amp;quot; the  actress says. &amp;quot;Your body gets exhausted, and by the end of the year I  just collapsed.&amp;quot;\r\nThe actress&amp;apos; nonstop work schedule continued to take its toll when she began training for Colombiana in Paris. &amp;quot;I was sitting in my hotel room, and I couldn&amp;apos;t stop crying. I  couldn&amp;apos;t stay awake. I must have slept for an entire month,&amp;quot; Saldana  says.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It took me the rest of the year, even as I was working and shooting Colombiana, to pick myself up. Thank God my family was there.&amp;quot;\r\nThese days, Saldana -- currently engaged to Keith Britton -- says she lives a much more relaxed lifestyle.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I just stay at home and do absolutely nothing. When I was younger,  that would have made me feel like such a failure. Now that I&amp;apos;m older, I  know what it means to shut down,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t shower if I don&amp;apos;t  want to. I don&amp;apos;t answer e-mails. It&amp;apos;s a healthy way of being selfish.  You know you&amp;apos;re old when gardening, the Food Network and voice notes  from your nieces and nephews blow your mind.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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