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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.

Zooey Deschanel

If you can make a character likable that’s not very nice, that’s the challenge of the job.
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Character Jobs Nice
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.
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Beautiful Piano Two
That’s one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It’s a moment in time, and the less it’s messed with the more powerful it is. I wanted at least one song on the record to be just completely about the moment.
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Listening Powerful Song
Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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Looks Shape Suits You
Sometimes Matt and I just do duets folk-style. Part of the fun of seeing a live show is having it be different from the way that you hear it in your bedroom or wherever you listen to music.
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Duet Listen Music Part Shows Sometimes
For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
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Down Sitting Working Writing
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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Facts Ideas Knowing
But 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.
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Interactions People Sometimes
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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Ideas Kind Stars
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?’
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Baby Nice Song
In a lot of movies, you’ll see people on crazy dates, and you’re like, ‘No one would ever do that!’
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Crazy Movies People
To be a gluten-free vegan is, like, the most difficult thing you can possibly be.
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Difficult Gluten Vegan
There is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.
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Attracted History Interesting Knowing
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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Feelings Tired Years
I’ve had experiences where I wasn’t allowed to change words around at all because you have to say everything, exactly as written on the page.
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Character Fun Pages
One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
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Christmas Holiday Love Things

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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