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.
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.
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Well, my piano’s really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the ’60s that’s blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the ’20s from Chicago – not a well-known brand or anything.
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I finally figured out how to read origami directions.
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I think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy – the funny-sidekick thing.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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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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I’m not cynical about love at all. I’m very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.
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If you can make a character likable that’s not very nice, that’s the challenge of the job.
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I’ve always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it’s not about the money – because, obviously, there’s a lot of money to be made in this business if you’re willing to do anything.
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I’m just being myself. There is not an ounce of me that believes any of that crap that they say. We can’t be feminine and be feminists and be successful? I want to be a f-king feminist and wear a f-king Peter Pan collar. So f-king what?
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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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In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard.
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Women I admired growing up – Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep – were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.
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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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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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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters – ‘He does this, and she’s a really interesting character because she does this.’ I’m not like that at all. I’m not an actory actor.
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