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Zooey Deschanel

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For Those Of You Who Tried, But Didn't Make It, Settle Down It's Never What You Think. The Summit Doesn't Differ From The Deep, Dark Valley, And The Valley Doesn't Differ From The Kitchen Sink.

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

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

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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.

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.

I Want To Be Where Your Heart Is Home I Want To See You With The Light In The Morning There's Never Been Such A Beautiful Warning To Me, To Me

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.

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

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 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.

Yes, Exactly. I Think That Christmas Is Always Used At Any Point In The Year To Cheer Us Up, Like Each Other Up. We Would Use That To Cheer Each Other Up If We Were In A Sad Mood Or Something, We'd Just Start Talking About Christmas.

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. One Of The Things I Love About Doing Things That Are Creative Is That I Feel Like It's My Right As An Artist Not To Be Affected By The Reactions Of Those People That Are Going To Hear My Songs. But 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 Every Year I Become Happier Because I Become More Comfident And More Comfortable In My Own Skin.

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.

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.

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

I Think Comedy's Just About Being Interested In Comedy And What Makes People Laugh And Experimenting.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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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?'

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.

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

Secretly, I Think Everyone Who Makes Fun Of California Really Does Want To Be In California.

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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.

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.

Yeah, Well, We Were Looking For Something Sort Of Anonymous. It Suggests What It Is, But I Like That It's Modest. I Feel Like That's An Underrated Virtue. It's Modest And It's Kind Of Anonymous, Which I Liked, Because It Reminds Me Of My Own Ideas About Why Music Should Be Played, Which Is Not To Be A Star. That Was Never My Intention.

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

I Really Like The Collaboration Of Doing Movies And Television. But I Like The Sort Of Solitary Work Of Doing Music.

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.

I'm Not Playing A Comedy. I Want To Be Playing The Truth Of The Moment, And Then Have The Comedy Come Out.

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.

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.

Romantic Comedies Are Usually About When Love Works.

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.

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.

For Me, Writing Is 75 Percent Procrastinating And 25 Percent Actually Sitting Down And Working.

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