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It's great, because we've had some really great people playing with us who really have studied the record and been able to recreate a lot of what was done. But I would need a choir of eight, probably, to do all of the backup vocals. -- Zooey Deschanel
My sister and I do to what we love to do and do what we want to do, so that sort of started us off having a sense of 'Do this because you love it' not 'Do this because you want to be famous.' IGN Logo -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
The average person tells a few white lies. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I don't like plain nails. I get sad. -- Zooey Deschanel
The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.' -- Zooey Deschanel
I try to be authentic - but at the same time I don't really want people prying into my personal life. -- Zooey Deschanel
My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself. -- Zooey Deschanel
A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman. -- Zooey Deschanel
One day my best friend said to me 'Jess, you rock a lot of polka dots' and that was the deal breaker, now we're mortal enemies -- Zooey Deschanel
You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding. -- Zooey Deschanel
I need a coffee to go with my coffee. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm not cynical about love at all. I'm very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time. -- Zooey Deschanel
One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it's my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs. -- Zooey Deschanel
I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices. -- Zooey Deschanel
There are a million examples of not feeling the jazz, but using the jazz. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think making a movie or a record, the best things happen by accident - and those end up being the magic. Every time I've followed my gut it's been better than when I've tried to do what I was supposed to do. -- Zooey Deschanel
I've always had a really great time being in movies and writing music when I get home. The more creative I am, the more it feeds into other creative aspects of my life. -- Zooey Deschanel
That is so personal, and it's my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it's always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney? -- Zooey Deschanel
Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad. -- Zooey Deschanel
Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I want to be a freaking feminist and wear a freaking Peter Pan collar. So freaking what? -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm not going to say I'm a big girl. I'm a very small person, but I'm a healthy weight. That might be a little weird for Hollywood. -- Zooey Deschanel
It's strange because a lot of people are like, 'You can't change human nature-people are inherently negative.' I don't think that's true. If you expect the best from people, they'll step up. -- Zooey Deschanel
Yes, exactly. I think that Christmas is always used at any point in the year to cheer us up, like each other up. We would use that to cheer each other up if we were in a sad mood or something, we'd just start talking about Christmas. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think that it's our responsibility to create a world in which girls can grow up and not have to limit their dreams or possibilities. -- Zooey Deschanel
O-o-old habits die hard when you got, when you got a sentimental heart
Piece of the puzzle, you're my missing part
Oh what can you do with a sentimental heart? -- Zooey Deschanel
For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like acting with no lines because all of a sudden you're able to express things without always worrying about the text. It's great to have a great text, but there's a lot of stuff you can't say in words, and I think there's something really nice about good physical moments. -- Zooey Deschanel
I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy. -- Zooey Deschanel
It's really fun to say no sometimes. I just don't want to discount how fun it is to say no and exercise your right to say no, and - as a girl - it's important to know how to say no ... and that no means no! -- Zooey Deschanel
Writing music is really personal, and it's a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something is coming from nothing. -- Zooey Deschanel
I don't know why femininity should be associated with weakness. Women should be free to express who they are without thinking, 'I need to act like a man, or I need to tone it down to be successful.' That's a very good way to keep women down. -- Zooey Deschanel
I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians. -- Zooey Deschanel
Love is individual to each person and I don't think you can define it before experiencing it because it isn't going to be the same for everybody. -- Zooey Deschanel
I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music video. That's so funny. -- Zooey Deschanel
Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it's a song, a stranger, a mountain, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep -feel it all. Look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love. -- Zooey Deschanel
If 'New Girl' had been a movie, I don't know whether I would have been given the opportunity to do it. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that way. -- Zooey Deschanel
My mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears. -- Zooey Deschanel
I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up. -- Zooey Deschanel
I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it's at and where a lot of trends begin. It's where new filmmakers are breaking through. -- Zooey Deschanel
Take it back Oh, take it back I don't want your lovin', anymore Let me live Oh, let me live It's not you who I sing for -- Zooey Deschanel
You go to something like the Golden Globes, and it's the most glamorous place you could ever be, but then you go home and you're still like, 'Urgh, this dress is too tight, I wanna take off these shoes and put on my pyjamas.' At the end of the night all the glamour goes away and you're just a human. -- Zooey Deschanel
I also feel like it's the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don't see. -- Zooey Deschanel
I never have time to have a dinner. I have to eat while I'm memorizing lines. The only way to maintain energy is to eat all day long. I must eat all day long. -- Zooey Deschanel
For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!' -- Zooey Deschanel
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music. -- Zooey Deschanel
I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you. -- Zooey Deschanel
Oh my God, there are so many songs I wish I had written. 'Waters of March,' I wish I had written 'My Baby Just Cares for Me,' I wish I had written 'This Will Be Our Year,' I mean, there's millions of them. 'Wouldn't It Be Nice?' -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I went to Northwestern because I had gone to a really nontraditional high school. I was like, 'It'd be cool to have a traditional college experience.' Then I was like, 'Oh, but none of these people understand what's cool about me. My specialness is not appreciated in this place.' -- Zooey Deschanel
Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again. -- Zooey Deschanel
Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe. -- Zooey Deschanel
For those of you who tried, but didn't make it, Settle down it's never what you think. The summit doesn't differ from the deep, dark valley, And the valley doesn't differ from the kitchen sink. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm not really that interested in pandering to an audience of people that are going to judge me before they hear me. If they hear it and don't like it, that's totally fine. -- Zooey Deschanel
I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore. -- Zooey Deschanel
I have a music career as well, so I was going to either be an actress or a musician. Then, I did both. But, I was always going to do something creative. -- Zooey Deschanel
One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth. -- Zooey Deschanel
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! -- Zooey Deschanel
I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those. -- Zooey Deschanel
There are lots of things that everyone else likes that I hate. So I feel that audience rights are very important. I just want people to hear it and decide if they like it or don't like it as they would with anything else. -- Zooey Deschanel
For those of you who thought you'd be forgotten, The friends you've made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go. -- Zooey Deschanel
In making a record there are so fewer people involved - at least in our case. There were no more than three or four people in the studio at once. So I really feel like I can stand by everything on the record and say this is something that I personally endorse. -- Zooey Deschanel
It's an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to different flea markets. I have lots of costumes. You never know when you're going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s. -- Zooey Deschanel
I know a lot of people that have had fake Twitters ... actors and musicians that I know. It's sort of a problem. There are all these people that sign up thinking that they're getting somebody's real thoughts when it's just some guy. -- Zooey Deschanel
Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like to make colored xeroxes of things. I clip out pictures of Liza Minelli and her husband from magazines and I fax them to people anonymously. -- Zooey Deschanel
It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts. -- Zooey Deschanel
I have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird. -- Zooey Deschanel
Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure. -- Zooey Deschanel
Change is hard, I should know. I should know. -- Zooey Deschanel
If you're in the public eye and you have young girls who look up to what you do, they're going to look to you for certain cues, so you have to take that as a responsibility, whether you think you deserve it or not. -- Zooey Deschanel
I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think I'm a fun flatmate. I'm always cheerful. I go on tour with my band so it's 12 people on one bus and I feel like I'm the one who's happy in the morning. I'm not a chaotic person, but I might slack off on doing the dishes from time to time. -- Zooey Deschanel
I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person. -- Zooey Deschanel
If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies? -- Zooey Deschanel
In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard. -- Zooey Deschanel
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! -- Zooey Deschanel
If people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm a big fan of the '80s fantasy genre that I grew up watching, movies like "Krull" and "Clash of the Titans" and "Time Bandits" and all that stuff. -- Zooey Deschanel
True love that lasts forever ... yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves. -- Zooey Deschanel
I've always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it's not about the money - because, obviously, there's a lot of money to be made in this business if you're willing to do anything. -- Zooey Deschanel
I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun. -- Zooey Deschanel
I have trouble actually describing myself because I'm always suspicious of people who start describing themselves. I'm like, OK, why are you trying to tell me what you are? -- Zooey Deschanel
I did not have a date to the prom. I went to my junior prom alone, and my senior prom, I was doing my first movie. I went in a limousine with, like, a bunch of people to my junior prom. It was a group date. -- Zooey Deschanel
Love is just a piece of time
in the world
in the world
And I couldn't help but fall in love again -- Zooey Deschanel
I want to be where your heart is home I want to see you with the light in the morning There's never been such a beautiful warning to me, to me -- Zooey Deschanel
We are all made of air There's stars in my eyes and there's sun in my hair And I'm runnin' away, it makes me feel better -- Zooey Deschanel
I sort of consider myself a comedic actress, not a comedienne. I think it's different. You know, I'm not a stand-up or anything, but playing into comedic situations is sort of where, I think, my strength lies. -- Zooey Deschanel
There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think good actors tend to be really funny. -- Zooey Deschanel
To be a gluten-free vegan is, like, the most difficult thing you can possibly be. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's not about being funny, it's about telling a story and then the comedy comes out of the situation, I think. -- Zooey Deschanel
I don't like to plan harmonies too much, because there's something fun that happens when you just sing a pass, then sing another pass, and layer them on top of each other. -- Zooey Deschanel
I love movies and I love to watch movies and being a part of the whole film experience. Being a filmgoer is a unique experience, and it can affect you on so many levels. But being an actor in movies you often have a very narrow palette for expressing yourself. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm wary about this thing about being in the generation of social networking where people are like, 'I am my musical taste.' I am not just a collection of music. Or a collection of movies. I think that's a thing that people romanticize: 'Oh my God, she likes this band so she is a dream.' -- Zooey Deschanel
Proving people wrong is probably my favorite thing to do. -- Zooey Deschanel
Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call. -- Zooey Deschanel
Everyone romanticizes somebody. -- Zooey Deschanel
You can't know if someone's really your best friend. I think the measure of that is you could not see each other for six months and then when you see each other you laugh the same way you did when you were a little kid. -- Zooey Deschanel
It's never too late for a coffee. After all it's morning somewhere in the world. -- Zooey Deschanel
Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars. -- Zooey Deschanel
I've been watching a lot of Joni Mitchell YouTube clips and I can't believe her transformation from this folk singer in Canada. -- Zooey Deschanel
Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great, it just isn't how I do things. -- Zooey Deschanel
Blossoming and unfolding are basically the same thing, but blossoming is more romantiC. -- Zooey Deschanel
Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are. -- Zooey Deschanel
I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it. -- Zooey Deschanel
Why don't we just sit and stare and do nothing? Nothing at all for a while I like the way you smile I could be your state and I could be your nation It doesn't get better than home, now does it? -- Zooey Deschanel
I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends. -- Zooey Deschanel
I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.' -- Zooey Deschanel
I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular. -- Zooey Deschanel
It's very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don't mean to say it's very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that's my taste in music - my taste in chord progressions and melodies. -- Zooey Deschanel
In a lot of movies, you'll see people on crazy dates, and you're like, 'No one would ever do that!' -- Zooey Deschanel
California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted 'til it was already gone -- Zooey Deschanel
Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with different styles. -- Zooey Deschanel
There's nothing like having a great friends when you see them, you get that joy - that you can't really compare it with anything else. -- Zooey Deschanel
I might as well just call you "Bridge to Terabithia" since you make children cry! -- Zooey Deschanel
It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms. -- Zooey Deschanel
I never stop myself from doing something because I'm afraid of what people might think. -- Zooey Deschanel
When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm just being myself. There is not an ounce of me that believes any of that crap that they say. We can't be feminine and be feminists and be successful? I want to be a f-king feminist and wear a f-king Peter Pan collar. So f-king what? -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice. -- Zooey Deschanel
You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good. -- Zooey Deschanel
I would watch Wizard of Oz, like every day, when I was two. I had a hard time understanding that I couldn't go into the film, because it felt so real to me. -- Zooey Deschanel
I hate camping, but I love summer camp. -- Zooey Deschanel
I feel like I can't fully understand what's happening now until I really understand what's happened before. But you do get sort of bogged down a little bit when you're trying to study so many years' worth of music. It can be a little bit overwhelming. -- Zooey Deschanel
Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California. -- Zooey Deschanel
I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. -- Zooey Deschanel
I always have loved music, ever since I was really little. I just loved to sing. I can't really explain it, except maybe - and this is going to sound really stupid - when I would listen to a song it would make me more excited than anything else could. -- Zooey Deschanel
It can make you a little crazy when you are too connected to a product. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar. -- Zooey Deschanel
I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'll have these internal moments where I'm empathizing with someone else or feeling something myself, but I'm like, "How can I see the best in this situation?" Sometimes those are the moments where you can have the most clarity. -- Zooey Deschanel
'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels. -- Zooey Deschanel
Nothing could be as hard as middle school. -- Zooey Deschanel
For those of us who try to keep remembering, Try to do our better than our best. Think of all the children in the drifts of snow. Winners never quit, but winters never rest. -- Zooey Deschanel
When I was a little bit younger The strain I was under could make me cry. Now I'm a little bit older, A little bit bolder, Never so shy -- Zooey Deschanel
I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don't see my job as being a beautiful person. -- Zooey Deschanel
The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job. -- Zooey Deschanel
The Internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It's fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don't care to hear it. -- Zooey Deschanel
Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring. -- Zooey Deschanel
I somehow see what's beautiful in things that are ephemeral, I'm my only friend of mine and love is just a peace of time in the world -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
Nothing's better than a picnic. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm always doing something musically - when I'm working or when I'm off. -- Zooey Deschanel
I work almost completely year-round, since I was 18 or 19. It's nine months a year, and then you're out of town, (there are) crazy hours and all of the things that go with filmmaking, which is a pretty all-consuming business, although I'm very blessed to be a part of it. -- Zooey Deschanel
I have Pro Tools on my computer, and I make CDs all the time. -- Zooey Deschanel
I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring. -- Zooey Deschanel
There's a vegan and gluten-free bakery called BabyCakes that I love. They've got shops in New York and Los Angeles. Their stuff is amazing. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
'It Girl' is supposed to be something that only lasts a certain amount of time. They keep calling me an 'It Girl,' and at this point it makes me laugh, because I've done that so many times: 'You're it;' 'You're not it.' What is 'it?' -- Zooey Deschanel
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 -- Zooey Deschanel
Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn't cool to show off that you had money. -- Zooey Deschanel
I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me. -- Zooey Deschanel
I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible. -- Zooey Deschanel
When I got a little bit older I wanted to play piano - that's all I wanted to do. I remember learning how to play a blues progression on the xylophone in music class and thinking "This is the greatest thing I've ever learned." -- Zooey Deschanel
I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting. -- Zooey Deschanel
From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over. -- Zooey Deschanel
Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling. -- Zooey Deschanel
I mean, the idea that it might help somebody out or help somebody make the decision to become a stewardess or otherwise ... No, that's one of the nice things about making music or making movies, is that art does have the power to affect people. I feel really privileged to be a part of that. -- Zooey Deschanel
I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation. -- Zooey Deschanel
I can't even remember the first time I started singing. -- Zooey Deschanel
Humor is a part of spirituality. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it's real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do - it's embarrassing. -- Zooey Deschanel
I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, really. I'm sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don't see anybody else and go, "Damn, they stole my thing." I'm me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that. -- Zooey Deschanel
Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You've got to be kind to yourself You've got to be kind to yourself -- Zooey Deschanel
Modern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes it exciting. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I finally figured out how to read origami directions. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
One of the privileges of doing television is the ability to evaluate my own performance and try to improve upon it. I know what's working and what's not working. -- Zooey Deschanel
I don't think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we're talking about movies or TV. -- Zooey Deschanel
When I exercise, I like to take lots of different classes because I want to really apply myself and feel like I'm learning a new skill. Not that I ever want to have to demonstrate any of those skills! -- Zooey Deschanel
Romantic comedies are usually about when love works. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times longer. -- Zooey Deschanel
If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think every year I become happier because I become more comfident and more comfortable in my own skin. -- Zooey Deschanel
I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally. -- Zooey Deschanel
If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans. -- Zooey Deschanel
When I was 13, I wasn't the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have. -- Zooey Deschanel
I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?' It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something. -- Zooey Deschanel
I'm not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak. -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do that, but I think there's room for the tone singers. And there aren't a lot of them. -- Zooey Deschanel
I've always straddled a weird line - there's a lot of mainstream stuff that I love. At the same, I still feel like an outsider. I'm the outsider who's on the inside. -- Zooey Deschanel
If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that. -- Zooey Deschanel
I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there. -- Zooey Deschanel
It's cool cause my sister is older than me and we went to the same high school, so by the time I got to high school, I got the lowdown on all the teachers and everything. -- Zooey Deschanel
Most of my music theory knowledge is based on piano. But I write on guitar a lot, too. I'm not a great guitar player by any means. I'm not a great instrumentalist. I play piano on stage. I don't play guitar on stage, but I use it to write quite a lot. -- Zooey Deschanel
There's thieves among us Painting the walls All kinds of lies , and lies I never told it all -- Zooey Deschanel
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. -- Zooey Deschanel
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
My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I've always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear. -- Zooey Deschanel
I feel like making music because - and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record - there's more of myself in it. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways. -- Zooey Deschanel
I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do! -- Zooey Deschanel
Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. -- Zooey Deschanel
I already have the weird experience of having a name for myself personally that's connected to someone that's in the public eye. So you have me, Zooey Deschanel, and then there's Zooey Deschanel's public persona. -- Zooey Deschanel
I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint. -- Zooey Deschanel
Everyone has the heartbreak that shapes them in a way that they could never go back to the innocence that they had before. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like a lot of old films, I like a lot old music, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I like the idea of knowing what happens before, so that I can understand it. -- Zooey Deschanel
I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy. -- Zooey Deschanel
In making a movie, you're part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved in the process, and it costs so much money to make. -- Zooey Deschanel
I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys. -- Zooey Deschanel
I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying. -- Zooey Deschanel
I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing. -- Zooey Deschanel
We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies. -- Zooey Deschanel
The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!' -- Zooey Deschanel
In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think penguins are cute. -- Zooey Deschanel
I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer. -- Zooey Deschanel
After staring at origami directions long enough, you sort of become one with them and start understanding them from the inside. -- Zooey Deschanel
I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing. -- Zooey Deschanel
You do not need to look or be anorexic to be successful in Hollywood. The range of what's acceptable is a lot larger than what people believe. -- Zooey Deschanel
Oh, me? I'm not 80% water. I'm 80% coffee, and a little bit of sass. -- Zooey Deschanel
I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things. -- Zooey Deschanel
