The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, ‘Oh my God!’
ZOOEY DESCHANELThe first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, ‘Oh my God!’
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’m not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI like being feminine. I think it’s good to be feminine. We don’t need to look like men or dress like men or talk like men to be powerful. We can be powerful in our own way, our own feminine way.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird.
ZOOEY DESCHANELSummer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI don’t think I’m very much like anyone else, really. I’m sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don’t see anybody else and go, “Damn, they stole my thing.” I’m me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI 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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThere are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the ’60s and ’70s – but they’re so itchy and hot. It’s not worth it!
ZOOEY DESCHANELI can’t go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she’s a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices.
ZOOEY DESCHANELModern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes it exciting.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
ZOOEY DESCHANELMy sister and I do to what we love to do and do what we want to do, so that sort of started us off having a sense of ‘Do this because you love it’ not ‘Do this because you want to be famous.’
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 DESCHANELI have trouble actually describing myself because I’m always suspicious of people who start describing themselves. I’m like, “OK, why are you trying to tell me what you are?”
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.
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