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Always The Aim For Me Is Making People Feel Like They Are Not Alone. That's Just The Greatest Feeling.

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Always The Aim For Me Is Making People Feel Like They Are Not Alone. That's Just The Greatest Feeling.

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Always The Aim For Me Is Making People Feel Like They Are Not Alone. That's Just The Greatest Feeling.

There Are Lots Of Things That Everyone Else Likes That I Hate. So I Feel That Audience Rights Are Very Important. I Just Want People To Hear It And Decide If They Like It Or Don't Like It As They Would With Anything Else.

There Are So Many Cute Vintage Dresses Made Out Of Synthetics From The '60s And '70s - But They're So Itchy And Hot. It's Not Worth It!

It's Really Fun To Say No Sometimes. I Just Don't Want To Discount How Fun It Is To Say No And Exercise Your Right To Say No, And - As A Girl - It's Important To Know How To Say No... And That No Means No!

From My Perspective, Probably Women Are Won Over By People Who Are Sweet And Respectful And Courteous And Kind And Funny. I Think Those Are The Things That Win Women Over.

O-o-old Habits Die Hard When You Got, When You Got A Sentimental Heart Piece Of The Puzzle, You're My Missing Part Oh What Can You Do With A Sentimental Heart?

I Put Myself Out There; It's Part Of My Job, And I Get It: People Will Attack Me. At First I Was Thrown Off, But Now I Have A Pretty Thick Skin About It.

Making Movies, You're Like An Independent Contractor - You Come In, You Have A Specific Job, And A Lot Of What You Do Is Completely Manipulated, Which Is Good And Bad.

I Brake For Birds. I Rock A Lot Of Polka Dots. I Have Touched Glitter In The Last 24 Hours. I Spend My Entire Day Talking To Children. And I Find It Fundamentally Strange That You're Not A Dessert Person. It Freaks Me Out. I'm Sorry That I Don't Talk Like Murphy Brown. And I Hate Your Pants Suit. I Wish It Had Ribbons On It Or Something Just To Make It Slightly Cuter But That Doesn't Mean I'm Not Smart And Tough And Strong.

Take It Back Oh, Take It Back I Don't Want Your Lovin', Anymore Let Me Live Oh, Let Me Live It's Not You Who I Sing For

I Don't Like To Plan Harmonies Too Much, Because There's Something Fun That Happens When You Just Sing A Pass, Then Sing Another Pass, And Layer Them On Top Of Each Other.

You Do Not Need To Look Or Be Anorexic To Be Successful In Hollywood. The Range Of What's Acceptable Is A Lot Larger Than What People Believe.

I Grew Up Believing My Sister Was From The Planet Neptune And Had Been Sent Down To Earth To Kill Me. I Believed This Because My Sister Emily Convinced Me Of It When I Was A Toddler. I Think She'd Seen Invasion Of The Body Snatchers And Her Imagination Ran Away With Her. There's A Part Of Me That Still Believes It.

If 'new Girl' Had Been A Movie, I Don't Know Whether I Would Have Been Given The Opportunity To Do It.

You Can't Know If Someone's Really Your Best Friend. I Think The Measure Of That Is You Could Not See Each Other For Six Months And Then When You See Each Other You Laugh The Same Way You Did When You Were A Little Kid.

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.

I Get Embarrassed A Lot Of Times Getting Attention, But I Like Being Onstage. Do You Know What I Mean? If I'm In A Crowd Of People And They're All Looking At Me, I Will Feel Embarrassed. It's A Strange Dichotomy.

I Sort Of Consider Myself A Comedic Actress, Not A Comedienne. I Think It's Different. You Know, I'm Not A Stand-up Or Anything, But Playing Into Comedic Situations Is Sort Of Where, I Think, My Strength Lies.

I Was Never No, Never No, Never Enough, But I Can Try, I Can Try To Toughen Up.

I Know A Lot Of People That Have Had Fake Twitters... Actors And Musicians That I Know. It's Sort Of A Problem. There Are All These People That Sign Up Thinking That They're Getting Somebody's Real Thoughts When It's Just Some Guy.

I Get Really Insecure Because Even Though I Can Speak In Musician's Terms, I Don't Know As Much As Real Musicians.

The Red-carpet Thing Of Premieres And Parties Is Probably My Least Favourite Part Of My Job.

If You're Eight And You Live In Los Angeles And Everybody Has Toys And You Go To A Country That Has A Marxist Dictatorship And There Are No Toy Stores And Nobody Speaks English And It's Blazing Hot Every Day And They Only Have Fish, Which You Don't Like, Then You Tend Not To Appreciate The Cultural Lessons You're Learning.

I Like Acting With No Lines Because All Of A Sudden You're Able To Express Things Without Always Worrying About The Text. It's Great To Have A Great Text, But There's A Lot Of Stuff You Can't Say In Words, And I Think There's Something Really Nice About Good Physical Moments.

My Sister Was Always Very Motherly, Babysitting And Stuff.

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.

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.

I'm Not Doing It To Pander To People. I Just Always Knew What I Liked Versus What I Don't Like. I Never Liked Things With Too Many Zippers Or Spikes And Stuff. That Weirds Me Out. I Like Things That Are Pretty. And I Think It's Great To Be Pretty. I Like Being Feminine. I Think It's Good To Be Feminine. We Don't Need To Look Like Men Or Dress Like Men Or Talk Like Men To Be Powerful. We Can Be Powerful In Our Own Way, Our Own Feminine Way.

I Don't Know Why Femininity Should Be Associated With Weakness. Women Should Be Free To Express Who They Are Without Thinking, 'i Need To Act Like A Man, Or I Need To Tone It Down To Be Successful.' That's A Very Good Way To Keep Women Down.

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I've Been Watching A Lot Of Joni Mitchell Youtube Clips And I Can't Believe Her Transformation From This Folk Singer In Canada.

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.

Oh, Me? I'm Not 80% Water. I'm 80% Coffee, And A Little Bit Of Sass.

I Mean, The Idea That It Might Help Somebody Out Or Help Somebody Make The Decision To Become A Stewardess Or Otherwise... No, That's One Of The Nice Things About Making Music Or Making Movies, Is That Art Does Have The Power To Affect People. I Feel Really Privileged To Be A Part Of That.

I Think Every Year I Become Happier Because I Become More Comfident And More Comfortable In My Own Skin.

I'm A Big Fan Of The '80s Fantasy Genre That I Grew Up Watching, Movies Like "krull" And "clash Of The Titans" And "time Bandits" And All That Stuff.

I Appreciate A Songwriter Like Morrissey With So Much Restraint.

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

I'm Not Cynical About Love At All. I'm Very Practical. I Think Love Takes Up A Lot Of Time.

In My Mind, I Always Think Of Myself As An Underdog Type.

For Those Of You Who Thought You'd Be Forgotten, The Friends You've Made Will Try Their Best, To Make It So. Think Of All The Beauty That You Left Behind You. You Can Take It If You Want It, And Then Let It Go...

In A Lot Of Movies, You'll See People On Crazy Dates, And You're Like, 'no One Would Ever Do That!'

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.

I Think My Knowledge Of Music Theory Is Rooted In Jazz Theory, And A Lot Of The Writers Of Standards - Rodgers And Hart, And Gershwin.

There's Thieves Among Us Painting The Walls All Kinds Of Lies , And Lies I Never Told It All

It's Nice That There Are Movies And Songs About Romance - It's What Motivates Us As Human Beings. I'm All For Being Brainwashed By Rom-coms.

I Have Had Brown Hair And Bangs Since I Was 2. One Year I Dyed It Blonde, Which Felt So Weird.

I Love Downtown La And I Relish Any Opportunity To Spend Time There.

I'm The Worst At Picking What Movies Are Going To Do Well. I Have No Idea. I'm Really Surprised If A Movie I Like Does Well.

Most Of My Music Theory Knowledge Is Based On Piano. But I Write On Guitar A Lot, Too. I'm Not A Great Guitar Player By Any Means. I'm Not A Great Instrumentalist. I Play Piano On Stage. I Don't Play Guitar On Stage, But I Use It To Write Quite A Lot.

I Can't Go On Gawker. I Actually Think The Writing Is Really Funny, But There Is A Chance That Somebody Is Undercutting Me.

I Grew Up Believing My Sister Was From The Planet Neptune And Had Been Sent Down To Earth To Kill Me.

I Never Have Time To Have A Dinner. I Have To Eat While I'm Memorizing Lines. The Only Way To Maintain Energy Is To Eat All Day Long. I Must Eat All Day Long.

Do Your Eye Shadow First, Then Your Foundation. That Way, You Can Clean Up Any Mess Without Starting All Over Again.

I Always Have Loved Music, Ever Since I Was Really Little. I Just Loved To Sing. I Can't Really Explain It, Except Maybe - And This Is Going To Sound Really Stupid - When I Would Listen To A Song It Would Make Me More Excited Than Anything Else Could.

I Like Old Movies, Screwball Comedies, Vintage Clothes, And Basically I'm An Old-fashioned Gal.

You Can't Expect To Make No Effort. You Still Have To Make The Effort And Be Kind And Understanding.

I'm Always Doing Something Musically - When I'm Working Or When I'm Off.

I've Always Had A Really Great Time Being In Movies And Writing Music When I Get Home. The More Creative I Am, The More It Feeds Into Other Creative Aspects Of My Life.

It's Strange Because A Lot Of People Are Like, 'you Can't Change Human Nature-people Are Inherently Negative.' I Don't Think That's True. If You Expect The Best From People, They'll Step Up.

It's An Addiction. I Love Clothes. I Like To Go Down Melrose And Look In All The Windows And I Go To Different Flea Markets. I Have Lots Of Costumes. You Never Know When You're Going To Have To Dress Up Like A Milkmaid From The 1600s.

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.

'pastoralia' By George Saunders Is One Of My Favorite Novels.

I Also Feel Like It's The Right Of The People Hearing Them To Have Their Own Interpretations Of What These Songs Mean. Sometimes People Will See Things That I Don't See.

I Think The Best Comedic Actors Don't Play It For Comedy, They Play It For Reality. Then You Find It Funny Because It's Real. Playing The Genre Is The Worst Thing You Can Do - It's Embarrassing.

Everyone Needs A Theme Song! It Should Make You Feel Like A Million Dollars.

For Some Reason, People Look At Me And Laugh. I Don't Know Why.

I Love Singing Christmas Carols. I Know Every Harmony To Every Music-hall Christmas Song.

There's Something About Guitars, They're Just So Big, You Know What I Mean? You're Just Like, 'ugh!' It Just Seems So Overwhelming. And The Ukulele Is, Like, The Opposite Of Overwhelming.

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!'

True Love That Lasts Forever... Yes, I Do Believe In It. My Parents Have Been Married For 40 Years And My Grandparents Were Married For 70 Years. I Come From A Long Line Of True Loves.

I Think Good Actors Tend To Be Really Funny.

If I Could Give My Teenaged Self Any Advice, It Would Be 'calm Down!'

I Find Sadness And Strife To Be So Much More Interesting With An Upbeat Melody.

In An Ideal World No One Would Talk Before 10am. People Would Just Hug, Because Waking Up Is Really Hard.

I Remember Having This Friend In School Who Said She Didn't Like The Beach Boys. And In That Moment I Knew We Couldn't Be Friends Anymore.

I Think I'm A Fun Flatmate. I'm Always Cheerful. I Go On Tour With My Band So It's 12 People On One Bus And I Feel Like I'm The One Who's Happy In The Morning. I'm Not A Chaotic Person, But I Might Slack Off On Doing The Dishes From Time To Time.

It's A Lot Harder To Do An Ensemble Because Your Energy Is Going In So Many Different Places, And You Have To Cover Everybody. You Have To Sort Of Split Your Attention.

I Gravitate Towards Happy Music. I Love The Beach Boys.

I Tend To Like Simple Music. And Clever, Succinct Lyrics. Songs That Don't Try To Be More Than They Need To To Be Effective, To Stir Up Something Emotionally Within You.

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.

I've Had Experiences Where I Wasn't Allowed To Change Words Around At All Because You Have To Say Everything, Exactly As Written On The Page. That's Not Fun For Me. For Me, Part Of Being An Actor Is Being Able To Contribute To A Character's Rhythms. If There's Room To Explore, You Find A Happy Medium.

I'll Have These Internal Moments Where I'm Empathizing With Someone Else Or Feeling Something Myself, But I'm Like, "how Can I See The Best In This Situation?" Sometimes Those Are The Moments Where You Can Have The Most Clarity.

I Started Out Doing Musicals.

I Think The Best Comedies Came Out During The Depression. Personally.

I Don't Thrive In A Word-perfect Environment.

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.

I Always Choose Roles That Are, You Know, Hopefully Different From The Last Role. I Don't Wanna Do The Same Thing Over And Over Again Because That's, Well, First Of All That's No Fun.

I Did Not Have A Date To The Prom. I Went To My Junior Prom Alone, And My Senior Prom, I Was Doing My First Movie. I Went In A Limousine With, Like, A Bunch Of People To My Junior Prom. It Was A Group Date.

Everyone Romanticizes Somebody.

I Already Have The Weird Experience Of Having A Name For Myself Personally That's Connected To Someone That's In The Public Eye. So You Have Me, Zooey Deschanel, And Then There's Zooey Deschanel's Public Persona.

I Wish I Got Invited To More Luaus. I Really Do!

I Was Writing Tons Of Music In My Spare Time. I Might Be On Location Somewhere, And I'd Go Home And I'd Have My Guitar And My Little Keyboard Or Something And Write Music. Or If I Was At Home, On My Piano. I've Always Been A Late Bloomer With A Lot Of Things, Just In General, So I Think This Was Something That Needed To Come To Fruition In This Particular Way.

I Think There's A Certain Space People Have Decided I Occupy - The Funny-sidekick Thing.

Oh My God, There Are So Many Songs I Wish I Had Written. 'waters Of March,' I Wish I Had Written 'my Baby Just Cares For Me,' I Wish I Had Written 'this Will Be Our Year,' I Mean, There's Millions Of Them. 'wouldn't It Be Nice?'

It Can Make You A Little Crazy When You Are Too Connected To A Product.

If You Can Make A Character Likable That's Not Very Nice, That's The Challenge Of The Job.

Blossoming And Unfolding Are Basically The Same Thing, But Blossoming Is More Romantic.

I Like Romantic Comedy As A Genre, But I Think It Can Get Stuck In Its Ways.

Proving People Wrong Is Probably My Favorite Thing To Do.

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In A Sense, I Like To Think Of The Live Performance As Something Different Than The Record, Not Necessarily Looking To Exactly Recreate The Record. Sometimes Matt And I Just Do Duets Folk-style. Part Of The Fun Of Seeing A Live Show Is Having It Be Different From The Way That You Hear It In Your Bedroom Or Wherever You Listen To Music.

I Always Wanted To Be Normal. I Tried Really Hard, But It's Like I Try So Hard And Then People Still Say I'm Offbeat. I've Learnt To Accept That And Take Advantage Of It As An Actor.

I Would Say I Know Nothing About The Music Business, In A Nice Sort Of Way. I Totally Forgot I Was In That Music Video. That's So Funny.

If People Just Want To Be Famous, That's Just Not Enough To Get You Up At 4 In The Morning To Go To Work. You Have To Love What You're Doing.

When You Work On A Movie, Especially An Independent Movie, It's A Lot Of Work To Make It! It's Not Just Our Job As Actors - So Many People Are Working So Hard, And Even The Littlest Movie Takes A Lot Of Work.

Nothing Could Be As Hard As Middle School.

There's A Vegan And Gluten-free Bakery Called Babycakes That I Love. They've Got Shops In New York And Los Angeles. Their Stuff Is Amazing.

I Like To Learn Things Slow, I Like Learning Alot, I Like To Get It All Again And In The End, You Know You Get What You Got...

I'm A Romantic, But I'm Not A Romantic In The Traditional Sense. I Like To Romanticize What Happens To Me. Whatever Happens To Me - You Could Quantify It As Good Or Bad - I Romanticize It. I Think Along The Lines Of 'when That Thing Happened, It Made Me Who I Am.' That Kind Of Thing. It's A Different Way Of Being Romantic.

I've Never Pursued A Role. I Always Hear Stories About Actors Going After Parts And I'm, Like, 'how Do They Do That?' It Seems So Weird. It Seems Like A Total Myth Or Something.

I Like Playing Sort-of-crazy People. There's Something Really, Really Fun About That.

When You Have Endless Time, You Take All Day To Go To The Grocery Store. But, If You Have To Be At Work For 14 Hours A Day, You Manage Your Time Better. I Know I Do.

Not 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.

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.

One Thing I Love About Christmas Music Is That It Has A Tradition Of Warmth.

I Did Go Through This Period Where Girls Would Be Mean And I Had A Lot Of Guy Friends. But I've Found As An Adult The Importance Of Having Female And Male Friends.

What Led Me To Be An Actor Is That I Have A Strange Something In Me That Can Drastically Change The Way I Appear To The World. Growing Up, I Couldn't Understand Why People Would Always Have Different Ideas Of Me - But Because Of That I Became Aware Of How You Can Manipulate Your Own Ability To Change. And Then I Learned To Make A Career Of It.

Nothing's Better Than A Picnic.

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.

I Listened To A Lot Of Joni Mitchell In High School. She Was Sort Of An Inspiration To Me. I Think She's A Great Lyricist, And She Makes Interesting Choices.

I Wanted To Be A Child Actor So Bad That Every Day I'd Beg My Parents If I Could Audition, But My Mom Said, 'not Until You Can Drive Yourself To Auditions.'

Being An Actress Can Be A Little Like Being A Girl In The '50s: You're Stuck Waiting By The Phone, Hoping That The Boy You Like Will Call.

There Are A Lot Of Actors Who Will Sit Here And Talk To You About Characters - 'he Does This, And She's A Really Interesting Character Because She Does This.' I'm Not Like That At All. I'm Not An Actory Actor.

It`s Not About Women Acting Like Man, It`s About Women Acting Like Woman And Being Sucsessful

When I Was 13, I Wasn't The Coolest Kid In My Class, And That Inner Dork Is A Wonderful Thing To Have.

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.

I'll Write And Make Chords With My Voice Sometimes If I Don't Have An Instrument Even Though It Takes A Million Times Longer.

California Is A Great Big Nation Of One They Never Knew What They Wanted 'til It Was Already Gone

I Can't Even Remember The First Time I Started Singing.

Everyone Has The Heartbreak That Shapes Them In A Way That They Could Never Go Back To The Innocence That They Had Before.

We All Know Guys Who've Had Their Hearts Broken In Real Life; We Just Don't Usually See It In The Movies.

I Like Singing As Much As I Like Acting, And All Through High School I Thought I Might Be A Broadway Singer.

I Like Having A Schedule. I Tend To Be The Type Of Person That Thrives On Something Being Regular.

I Love Movies And I Love To Watch Movies And Being A Part Of The Whole Film Experience. Being A Filmgoer Is A Unique Experience, And It Can Affect You On So Many Levels. But Being An Actor In Movies You Often Have A Very Narrow Palette For Expressing Yourself.

I Just Like Music That Sounds Like Music. Not Like Machines And Computers And Things That You Design To Make Things Sound Slick And Perfect.

For Those Of Us Who Try To Keep Remembering, Try To Do Our Better Than Our Best. Think Of All The Children In The Drifts Of Snow. Winners Never Quit, But Winters Never Rest.

You Go To Something Like The Golden Globes, And It's The Most Glamorous Place You Could Ever Be, But Then You Go Home And You're Still Like, 'urgh, This Dress Is Too Tight, I Wanna Take Off These Shoes And Put On My Pyjamas.' At The End Of The Night All The Glamour Goes Away And You're Just A Human.

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.'

If I'm Going To Be 'too' Anything, 'too Cute' Is Fine. I Love Puppies. So What? Who Hates Puppies?

In Making A Record There Are So Fewer People Involved - At Least In Our Case. There Were No More Than Three Or Four People In The Studio At Once. So I Really Feel Like I Can Stand By Everything On The Record And Say This Is Something That I Personally Endorse.

I Try To Be Authentic - But At The Same Time I Don't Really Want People Prying Into My Personal Life.

You Don't Have To Wear Expensive Clothes To Look Good.

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I Think It's Better To Have Your Personal Life And Your Work Life Separate. That Way They Don't Corrupt Each Other, So To Speak.

I Think That It's Our Responsibility To Create A World In Which Girls Can Grow Up And Not Have To Limit Their Dreams Or Possibilities.

I’m Just Being Myself. There Is Not An Ounce Of Me That Believes Any Of That Crap That They Say. We Can’t Be Feminine And Be Feminists And Be Successful? I Want To Be A F-king Feminist And Wear A F-king Peter Pan Collar. So F-king What?

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.

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.

I Finally Figured Out How To Read Origami Directions.

I Wasn't Really The Most Charming Person, Socially - It Took Me A Long Time To Develop My People Skills - But The One Place I Was Always Comfortable Was Onstage, Acting Or Singing.

I Have Trouble Actually Describing Myself Because I'm Always Suspicious Of People Who Start Describing Themselves. I'm Like, "ok, Why Are You Trying To Tell Me What You Are?"

I'm A Very Positive Person. I Get Excited Easily, And I Like To Jump Around.

I Like To Play The Ukulele, But I'm Not, Like, Awesome At It. I Mostly Play The Piano And The Guitar.

The Average Person Tells A Few White Lies.

I'm Not Going To Say I'm A Big Girl. I'm A Very Small Person, But I'm A Healthy Weight. That Might Be A Little Weird For Hollywood.

People Sometimes Say, 'oh, You Were A Movie Star,' And I'm Like, 'no, I Was A Supporting Actress.' I Wasn't An A-list Actress, And I'm Fine With That. I'm Proud Of What I Did In Film.

When I Exercise, I Like To Take Lots Of Different Classes Because I Want To Really Apply Myself And Feel Like I'm Learning A New Skill. Not That I Ever Want To Have To Demonstrate Any Of Those Skills!

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.

After Staring At Origami Directions Long Enough, You Sort Of Become One With Them And Start Understanding Them From The Inside.

I Don't Think There Are That Many Awesome Roles Out There, Whether We're Talking About Movies Or Tv.

I'd Be More Likely To Go For Somebody Who Is Like Me. Well, I Like Creative People, So Whatever That Means... Yeah, Authentic And Creative.

I'm Always Interested In Hearing How Other People Read And React To My Songs. I Hadn't Thought Of It In Just That Way.

My Nursery School Did A Production Of 'the Three Little Pigs.' I Played The Third Pig. When The Wolf Knocked On My Door, I Refused To Get Up And Answer It Because, To Me, He Was Knocking The Wrong Way. I Just Lay There, Snoring Away On Stage, Fully Immersed In My Character. My Dad Turned To My Mom And Said: 'dustin Hoffman.'

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I Feel Like Making Music Because - And This Has Much To Do With The Way I Was Able To Make This Record - There's More Of Myself In It.

I Love Having A Lot Of Content. I Prefer To Have Constant Stimulation.

In Making A Movie, You're Part Of A Big Machine. Even In A Small Movie There Are Still So Many People Involved In The Process, And It Costs So Much Money To Make.

Humor Is A Part Of Spirituality.

If I Were To Work With My Mom, I Probably Would Not Want Her To Play My Mom. That Would Get Too Real.

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.

I Think Penguins Are Cute.

I Don't Think I'm Very Much Like Anyone Else, Really. I'm Sure There Are Aspects Of Other Actors That I Share, But I Don't See Anybody Else And Go, "damn, They Stole My Thing." I'm Me, And I Like That There Are People Who Have An Appreciation For That.

In Making A Movie, You're Part Of A Big Machine. Even In A Small Movie There Are Still So Many People Involved In The Process, And It Costs So Much Money To Make. There Is So Much More Invested In It For A Lot Of Different People, So Much Money Is Sunk Into It That They Usually Want Some Guarantee Or Promise That It's Going To Be Able To Do Something On A Financial Level. There's Just A Lot More Messing With You In Film. I Love Movies And I Love To Watch Movies And Being A Part Of The Whole Film Experience.

I Think That The Mistakes That Anyone Can Make Going On Dates Is Probably Not Being Themselves Because You Can Only Trick People For So Long.

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.

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

Well I Know That You Worry A Lot About Things You Cant Control There Are So Many Things Wed Like To Have But We Just Cannot Hold You've Got To Be Kind To Yourself You've Got To Be Kind To Yourself

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. There Is A Lot You Can Find Out About Yourself Through Knowing About History. I Have Always Been Attracted To Things That Are Old. I Have Just Always Found Such Things Interesting And Compelling.

I Played A Lot Of Sarcastic, Wisecracking Characters For A Long Time, And People Would Think That Was Me. And It's Very Much Not Me, And Then People Would Think I Was Being Sarcastic When I Wasn't: 'oh, You're Making Fun Of Me Right Now.' And I Wasn't!

I Feel Like I Can't Fully Understand What's Happening Now Until I Really Understand What's Happened Before. But You Do Get Sort Of Bogged Down A Little Bit When You're Trying To Study So Many Years' Worth Of Music. It Can Be A Little Bit Overwhelming.

I've Personally Never Wanted To Be 'the Babe', And Refuse To Let Vanity Get In The Way Of My Acting Because I Don't See My Job As Being A Beautiful Person.

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 Still Have In Me The Same Awareness When I Was 12 And Chubby And A Girl Was Spitting In My Face. I'm The Same Person.

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.

It's Interesting, Because As A Musician, I Don't Feel Like I Need To Be On The Top Of The Pop Charts.

Change Is Hard, I Should Know. I Should Know.

I Actually Did A Lot Of Improvised Movies Or Movies That Were Partially Improvised.

If You're In The Public Eye And You Have Young Girls Who Look Up To What You Do, They're Going To Look To You For Certain Cues, So You Have To Take That As A Responsibility, Whether You Think You Deserve It Or Not.

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.

That's One Of The Most Exciting Things For Me About Listening To Records: It's A Moment In Time, And The Less It's Messed With The More Powerful It Is. I Wanted At Least One Song On The Record To Be Just Completely About The Moment.

There Are A Million Examples Of Not Feeling The Jazz, But Using The Jazz.

The First Album I Bought With My Own Money Was 'a Hard Day's Night.'

Sites Like Funny Or Die And College Humor Are Great, But I'd Say It's Appealing To 80% Men And 20% Women.

I Love To Play Music, And This Is Fun, And Let's Record This Stuff In A Way That We Both Like. That Was Exciting Enough, So We Just Recorded It. There Was No Business In It Until The Very Last Minute, Really. It Was Really As Much Of An Extension Of Me Writing The Songs In My Bedroom As It Could Possibly Be.

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.'

Know What Suits You. Now I Understand Proportion And Recognise The Shapes That Look Good On My Figure.

I'm A Person Who Gets Better With Practice. Getting Older Is Awesome - Because You Get More Practice.

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Nothing Is More Powerful Than Allowing Yourself To Truly Be Affected By Things. Whether It’s A Song, A Stranger, A Mountain, A Tea Kettle, An Article, A Sentence, A Footstep -feel It All. Look Around You. All Of This Is For You. Take It And Have Gratitude. Give It And Feel Love.

I Think I'd Say That My Whole Body Of Work Is A Reflection Of Who I Am, But Not Any One Specific Thing.

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.

Don't Allow The Coldness And Fear Of Others To Tarnish Your Perfectly Vulnerable Beating Heart.

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.

I Feel Like Songwriting Is An Experiment In Empathy.

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