Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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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.
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In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type.
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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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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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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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'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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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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The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'
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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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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.
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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 don't know how to explain how, probably to my detriment, unselfpromoting I am. I used to have a cabaret act and I didn't even like to tell me people about that. I really hate selling myself.
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I just like music that sounds like music. Not like machines and computers and things that you design to make things sound slick and perfect.
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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 think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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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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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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Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
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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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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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Nothing could be as hard as middle school.
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There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and hot. It's not worth it!