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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.

Zooey Deschanel

There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny – much, much too skinny. You can’t Pilates to that.
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Actresses Lot More Much Skinny
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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Made Picky Reminding Roles
In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard.
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Hug People Wake
Women I admired growing up – Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep – were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.
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Beautiful Growing Pilates
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
Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that’s just the way they do things. It’s like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it’s due.
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Everything School Second Unique Writing
The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, ‘Oh my God!’
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Clubs Jobs Singing
I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.
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Enough Toughen Trying
When I was 13, I wasn’t the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have.
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Class Kids Wonderful
The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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Jobs Party Red
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
My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
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People Skinny Tights
One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
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Christmas Holiday Love Things
Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe.
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Bars Cookies Cutting
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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Every Magic Records Thinking Time
I think good actors tend to be really funny.
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Actors Funny Good Thinking

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