Sometimes Matt and I just do duets folk-style. Part of the fun of seeing a live show is having it be different from the way that you hear it in your bedroom or wherever you listen to music.
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.
More Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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The first album I bought with my own money was ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’
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It’s never too late for a coffee. After all it’s morning somewhere in the world.
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One 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.
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I 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.
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Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
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I’m not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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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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Making 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.
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There’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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That is so personal, and it’s my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it’s always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney?
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In 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.
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It’s nice that there are movies and songs about romance – it’s what motivates us as human beings. I’m all for being brainwashed by rom-coms.
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For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
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You don’t have to wear expensive clothes to look good.
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