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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.

Zooey Deschanel

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards – Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
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Hart Jazz Thinking
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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Character Fun People Sarcastic Time
Women I admired growing up – Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep – were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.
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Beautiful Growing Pilates
I’m a big fan of the ’80s fantasy genre that I grew up watching, movies like “Krull” and “Clash of the Titans” and “Time Bandits” and all that stuff.
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Fans Fantasy Stuff
I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
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Appreciate Restraint Songwriters
I’ve always had a really great time being in movies and writing music when I get home. The more creative I am, the more it feeds into other creative aspects of my life.
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Creative Home Writing
Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars.
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Dollars Needs Song
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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Artist Hear Song Reaction Thing
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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Children Thinking Winter
I don’t like plain nails. I get sad.
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Beauty Nails Plain
The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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Jobs Party Red
The internet’s like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It’s fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don’t care to hear it.
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Believe Freedom Wall
I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.
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Late Other Sometimes Things
Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I’d say it’s appealing to 80% men and 20% women.
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College Men Site
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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Clever Simple Song
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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Comedy Moment Want

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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