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 DESCHANELI 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.
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Women I admired growing up – Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep – were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.
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I think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy – the funny-sidekick thing.
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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.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.
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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.
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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.
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For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
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When I was 13, I wasn’t the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have.
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Yeah, well, we were looking for something sort of anonymous. It suggests what it is, but I like that it’s modest.
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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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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 love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.
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I’ve always been a late bloomer with a lot of things, just in general, so I think this was something that needed to come to fruition in this particular way.
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One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
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