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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There’s something really, really fun about that.

Zooey Deschanel

I 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.
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Actors People Trying
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be ‘Calm down!’
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Advice Giving Self
I 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.
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Different Fun Roles
I will wear tights even if it’s 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
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Degrees Safety Tights
I don’t have control over what’s on screen, and that’s terrifying.
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Control Screens Terrifying
I’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.
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Creative Mean People
Nothing could be as hard as middle school.
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Middle Nothing School
I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don’t feel bound by being just a singer or an actress. First, I’m a storyteller, and history is stories – the most compelling stories.
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Interesting Knowing Thinking
You 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.
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Kids Laughing Thinking
I can’t go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
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Goes Thinking Writing
I LOVE DOWNTOWN LA and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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Downtown Opportunity Spend Time
Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great; it just isn’t how I do things.
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Admire People Thinking
I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music video. That’s so funny.
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Nice Video Way
The first album I bought with my own money was ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’
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Album Firsts Night
I’ll have these internal moments where I’m empathizing with someone else or feeling something myself, but I’m like, “How can I see the best in this situation?” Sometimes those are the moments where you can have the most clarity.
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Clarity Feelings Sometimes
There is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.
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Attracted History Interesting Knowing

I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There’s something really, really fun about that.

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