Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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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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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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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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I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
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Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'
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I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.
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I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
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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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I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible.
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Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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If 'New Girl' had been a movie, I don't know whether I would have been given the opportunity to do it.
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You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good.
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There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.
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A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman.
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I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.
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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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It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.