Women I admired growing up – Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep – were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.
ZOOEY DESCHANELClassic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe.
More Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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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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Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars.
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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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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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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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Nothing could be as hard as middle school.
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I don’t like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, ‘Blah blah blah movies.’ I find it incredibly boring.
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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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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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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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You don’t have to wear expensive clothes to look good.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There’s something really, really fun about that.
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For those of you who thought you’d be forgotten, The friends you’ve made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go…
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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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California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted ’til it was already gone
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