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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELWomen I admired growing up – Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep – were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.
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Love is individual to each person and I don’t think you can define it before experiencing it because it isn’t going to be the same for everybody.
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I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that’s amazing when people can do that, but I think there’s room for the tone singers. And there aren’t a lot of them.
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If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be ‘Calm down!’
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I LOVE DOWNTOWN LA and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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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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I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, ‘Well you’re never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don’t even try.’ I mean, I care about being pretty, but it’s not my most valued thing.
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Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
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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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I think comedy’s just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.
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In a lot of movies, you’ll see people on crazy dates, and you’re like, ‘No one would ever do that!’
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I have a music career as well, so I was going to either be an actress or a musician. Then, I did both. But, I was always going to do something creative.
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It’s great, because we’ve had some really great people playing with us who really have studied the record and been able to recreate a lot of what was done. But I would need a choir of eight, probably, to do all of the backup vocals.
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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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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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One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
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