Zooey Deschanel Quotes

No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.

Zooey Deschanel

• Me
• Reason
• Singing
• Forever
• Musicals

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• I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.

  

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• The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.

  

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• No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Me
  • Reason
  • Singing