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Sometimes even actors have trouble leaving their work at the office. In the new issue of GQ, "Colombiana" star Zoe Saldana, who plays a gorgeous hit woman in the new film, recalls that she recently went out dancing with friends when a fight broke out in the club. While her buddies fled, Zoe found herself plotting a series of attack moves. "I knew exactly what I was going to do," she tells the men's mag. "Kick this door, grab this, move that guy out of the way. Then I started laughing: 'Oh, my God, I still have [my 'Colombiana' character] in my system." The 33-year old adds that getting into character wasn't too much of a stretch. Describing herself as a "feminine tomboy," she says, "I had my plastic swords, my ninja stars — but I still wore lipstick." (DailyNews)