I think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy – the funny-sidekick thing.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’ve been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school. I guess the oldest song on the record (“I Thought I Saw Your Face”) is about eight years old.
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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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Proving people wrong is probably my favorite thing to do.
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Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
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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.
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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.
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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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If you can make a character likable that’s not very nice, that’s the challenge of the job.
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If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be ‘Calm down!’
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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.
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Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
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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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If I’m going to be ‘too’ anything, ‘too cute’ is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies?
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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
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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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The average person tells a few white lies.
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