When I was 13, I wasn’t the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’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.
More Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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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.
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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.
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Nothing could be as hard as middle school.
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There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny – much, much too skinny. You can’t Pilates to that.
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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.
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If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be ‘Calm down!’
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I’m not cynical about love at all. I’m very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.
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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.
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For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
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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.
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I don’t have control over what’s on screen, and that’s terrifying.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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