I will wear tights even if it’s 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI will wear tights even if it’s 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThe 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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy – the funny-sidekick thing.
ZOOEY DESCHANELMaking 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.
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 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 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 like a lot of old films, I like a lot old music, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I like the idea of knowing what happens before, so that I can understand it.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I’ve found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends.
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 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 love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThat people equate being girlie with being nonthreatening … I mean, I can’t think of a more blatant example of playing into exactly the thing that we’re trying to fight against. I
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’m into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn’t feel true, I don’t want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that’s why I don’t always fit into the world of performing arts.
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