I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There’s something really, really fun about that.
ZOOEY DESCHANELMy biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
More Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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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?
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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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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.
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I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I’m an old-fashioned gal.
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Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars.
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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 don’t think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we’re talking about movies or TV.
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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.
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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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I’m not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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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
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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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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.
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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