I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
ZOOEY DESCHANELYeah, well, we were looking for something sort of anonymous. It suggests what it is, but I like that it’s modest.
More Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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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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I 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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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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Making movies, you’re like an independent contractor – you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.
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For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
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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 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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The average person tells a few white lies.
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I’m a romantic, but I’m not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what happens to me.
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I finally figured out how to read origami directions.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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There’s nothing like having a great friends when you see them, you get that joy – that you can’t really compare it with anything else.
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I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don’t feel bound by being just a singer or an actress. First, I’m a storyteller, and history is stories – the most compelling stories.
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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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In making a record there are so fewer people involved – at least in our case. There were no more than three or four people in the studio at once. So I really feel like I can stand by everything on the record and say this is something that I personally endorse.
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