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" Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. "
Zooey Deschanel
Balance
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" In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type. "
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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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" Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women. "
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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. "
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" Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure. "
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" It's cool cause my sister is older than me and we went to the same high school, so by the time I got to high school, I got the lowdown on all the teachers and everything. "
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" I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me. "
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" No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang. "
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" I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around. "
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" 'It Girl' is supposed to be something that only lasts a certain amount of time. They keep calling me an 'It Girl,' and at this point it makes me laugh, because I've done that so many times: 'You're it;' 'You're not it.' What is 'it?' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think. "
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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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