I think good actors tend to be really funny.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI think good actors tend to be really funny.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI 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!
ZOOEY DESCHANELI love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it’s at and where a lot of trends begin. It’s where new filmmakers are breaking through.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don’t wanna do the same thing over and over again because that’s, well, first of all that’s no fun.
ZOOEY DESCHANELIn 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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELTo be a gluten-free vegan is, like, the most difficult thing you can possibly be.
ZOOEY DESCHANELMy mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’d be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means… Yeah, authentic and creative.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.
ZOOEY DESCHANELOne 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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELMy sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy – the funny-sidekick thing.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI 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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELSites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I’d say it’s appealing to 80% men and 20% women.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThere’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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