Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.
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I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
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I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.
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I started out doing musicals.
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I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
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I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.
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You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good.
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Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
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I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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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.
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When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos.
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People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.
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If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies?
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I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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I like to learn things slow I like learning alot I like to get it all again and in the end You know you get what you got
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I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.