Zooey Deschanel Quotes

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

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

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

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  "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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• Nothing's better than a picnic.

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

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

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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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• 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.

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  "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.

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  "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.

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

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

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  "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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• 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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  "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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  "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.

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

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

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