Zooey Deschanel Quotes

• I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Sadness   Interesting   Upbeat  

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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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  Reflection   Thinking   Who I Am  

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• I'm wary about this thing about being in the generation of social networking where people are like, 'I am my musical taste.' I am not just a collection of music. Or a collection of movies. I think that's a thing that people romanticize: 'Oh my God, she likes this band so she is a dream.'

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  Dream   Thinking   People  

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• I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

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  Singing   Firsts   Remember  

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• I've always straddled a weird line - there's a lot of mainstream stuff that I love. At the same, I still feel like an outsider. I'm the outsider who's on the inside.

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  Stuff   Outsiders   Lines  

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• I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Screens  

  "Zooey Deschanel: 'I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2010.

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• We are all made of air There's stars in my eyes and there's sun in my hair And I'm runnin' away, it makes me feel better

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  Stars   Eye   Feel Better  

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• Nothing's better than a picnic.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Picnics  

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• I like a lot of old films, I like a lot old music, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I like the idea of knowing what happens before, so that I can understand it.

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  Knowing   Ideas   Facts  

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 24, 2003.

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• A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman.

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  Depressing   People   Work Out  

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• I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it's at and where a lot of trends begin. It's where new filmmakers are breaking through.

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  Independent   Thinking   Cinema  

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• If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'

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  Self   Giving   Advice  

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• Love is just a piece of time in the world in the world And I couldn't help but fall in love again

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  Life   Falling In Love   Love Is  

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• I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.

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  Real   Insecure   Musician  

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• I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.

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  Appreciate   Restraint   Songwriters  

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• Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.

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  Personality   Quirky   Boring  

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• And you go into a supermarket and every tabloid is like, 'Pregnant and Alone!' Stuck in the 1950s ideal of how a woman should live her life. This brings out the fiery feminist in me.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Feminist   Tabloids   Should  

  "Zooey Deschanel Shows Her "Fiery Feminist Side" In the August Issue of InStyle". www.instyle.com. July 07, 2014.

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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.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Beautiful   Two   Piano  

  "Zooey Deschanel Can Play the Ukulele". Interview with Mark Mikin, www.esquire.com. July 17, 2009.

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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.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Growing Up   Children   Singing  

  "She & Him's Perfect Harmony". "Relevant" Interview, relevantmagazine.com. March 23, 2010.

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• 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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  Kids   Class   Wonderful  

  Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com. September 20, 2011.

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• I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Beach   Boys   Beach Boys  

  "Zooey Deschanel: 'I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2010.

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• I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me.

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  Believe   Neptune   Earth  

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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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  Careers   Creative   Musician  

  "Zooey Deschanel Interview NEW GIRL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 7, 2011.

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• My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.

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  Stuff   Motherly   Babysitting  

  "Zooey Deschanel Says No Kids" by Mikaela Conley, abcnews.go.com. April 10, 2012.

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• I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking   Space   People  

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• 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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  Joy   Great Friend   Compare  

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• It`s not about women acting like man, it`s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful

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  Men   Feminism   Acting  

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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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  Fashion   Character   Thinking  

  "Zooey Deschanel and Liz Meriwether NEW GIRL Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 15, 2012.

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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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  Crazy   People  

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• Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.

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  Beautiful   Growing Up   Pilates  

  "Zooey Deschanel: Actresses are too skinny, it's scary". www.foxnews.com. January 3, 2013.

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