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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELNot 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.
More Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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It’s never too late for a coffee. After all it’s morning somewhere in the world.
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One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I’m a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with different styles.
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Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars’ kids at my school – but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn’t cool to show off that you had money.
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My sister and I do to what we love to do and do what we want to do, so that sort of started us off having a sense of ‘Do this because you love it’ not ‘Do this because you want to be famous.’
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It can make you a little crazy when you are too connected to a product.
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I’ve been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school. I guess the oldest song on the record (“I Thought I Saw Your Face”) is about eight years old.
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Nothing could be as hard as middle school.
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I would watch ‘Wizard of Oz,’ like every day, when I was two. I had a hard time understanding that I couldn’t go into the film, because it felt so real to me.
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I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.
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I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don’t feel bound by being just a singer or an actress. First, I’m a storyteller, and history is stories – the most compelling stories.
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I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos.
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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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The average person tells a few white lies.
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