Zooey Deschanel Quotes
If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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I'm kind of lax about hair in general. I stopped shaving my armpits in part to experiment with pheromones, but also because I just didn't feel like shaving them anymore.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
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A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
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It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.
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I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
