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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.

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You Can't Know If

Zooey Deschanel

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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.

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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.'

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.

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.

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.

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

I Started Out Doing Musicals.

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.

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'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.

My Sister Was Always Very Motherly, Babysitting And Stuff.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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