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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI have a music career as well, so I was going to either be an actress or a musician. Then, I did both. But, I was always going to do something creative.
ZOOEY DESCHANELBut I also feel like it’s the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don’t see.
ZOOEY DESCHANELYou can’t know if someone’s really your best friend. I think the measure of that is you could not see each other for six months and then when you see each other you laugh the same way you did when you were a little kid.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI also feel like it’s the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don’t see.
ZOOEY DESCHANELGrowing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars’ kids at my school – but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn’t cool to show off that you had money.
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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELEvery show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that’s just the way they do things. It’s like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it’s due.
ZOOEY DESCHANELIt can make you a little crazy when you are too connected to a product.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI think making a movie or a record, the best things happen by accident – and those end up being the magic. Every time I’ve followed my gut it’s been better than when I’ve tried to do what I was supposed to do.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI like playing sort-of-crazy people. There’s something really, really fun about that.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI like to make colored xeroxes of things. I clip out pictures of Liza Minelli and her husband from magazines and I fax them to people anonymously.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’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 DESCHANELIf you can make a character likable that’s not very nice, that’s the challenge of the job.
ZOOEY DESCHANELYou don’t have to wear expensive clothes to look good.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI will wear tights even if it’s 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
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