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I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.

Zooey Deschanel

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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Bad Good Independent Jobs
It can make you a little crazy when you are too connected to a product.
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Connected Crazy Littles
I’ve been watching a lot of Joni Mitchell YouTube clips and I can’t believe her transformation from this folk singer in Canada.
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Believe Canada Singers
The average person tells a few white lies.
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Average Lying White
My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
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People Skinny Tights
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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Comedy Moment Want
I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I’m the same person.
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Awareness Faces Girl
I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I’ve always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear.
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Character Fashion Thinking
I think I’d say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.
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Reflection Specific Thinking
Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I’d say it’s appealing to 80% men and 20% women.
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College Men Site
The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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Jobs Party Red
I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
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Appreciate Restraint Songwriters
When I was a little bit younger The strain I was under could make me cry. Now I’m a little bit older, A little bit bolder, Never so shy
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Cry Littles Older Shy Strain
It’s very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don’t mean to say it’s very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that’s my taste in music – my taste in chord progressions and melodies.
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Mean Something Song Writing.Personal
I don’t know why femininity should be associated with weakness. Women should be free to express who they are without thinking, ‘I need to act like a man, or I need to tone it down to be successful.’ That’s a very good way to keep women down.
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Badass Funny Motivational Women
If you can make a character likable that’s not very nice, that’s the challenge of the job.
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Character Jobs Nice

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