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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.

Zooey Deschanel

Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You’ve got to be kind to yourself You’ve got to be kind to yourself
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Be Kind Wells Worry
That 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
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Fighting Mean Thinking
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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Compare Friend Great Joy
In making a movie, you’re part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved in the process, and it costs so much money to make.
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Different People Promise
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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Nice Romance Song
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 like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I’m an old-fashioned gal.
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Clothes Comedy Vintage
I think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy – the funny-sidekick thing.
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People Space Thinking
I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
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Long Mistake Thinking
Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
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Favorite Feels Summer
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
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be ‘Calm down!’
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Advice Giving Self
For those of you who thought you’d be forgotten, The friends you’ve made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go…
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Beauty Thinking Thought Try
Proving people wrong is probably my favorite thing to do.
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Favorites Things People Prove Wrong
There’s something about guitars, they’re just so big, you know what I mean? You’re just like, ‘Ugh!’ It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.
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Mean Opposites Ukulele
I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
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Appreciate Restraint Songwriters

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 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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