Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things. "
Zooey Deschanel
Sometimes
Work
Late
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
You
Myself
Money
" My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. "
Zooey Deschanel
Always
Babysitting
Sister
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Feeling
Tired
Movies
" I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me. "
Zooey Deschanel
Chance
Funny
Go
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
You
Like
Cookies
" Modern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes it exciting. "
Zooey Deschanel
Made
People
Uniform
" Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything _ but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other. "
Zooey Deschanel
Men
Think
Together
" The average person tells a few white lies. "
Zooey Deschanel
White Lies
Person
Average
" I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint. "
Zooey Deschanel
Much
Appreciate
Restraint
" 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! "
Zooey Deschanel
Fun
Me
People
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Character
Fashion
Myself
" I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal. "
Zooey Deschanel
Vintage
Clothes
Gal
" 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.' "
Zooey Deschanel
School
Character
Wolf
" I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer. "
Zooey Deschanel
Singing
School
High School
" I hate camping, but I love summer camp. "
Zooey Deschanel
Camping
Hate
Summer Camp
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Never
Like
Always
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Music
Need
Simple
" I can't even remember the first time I started singing. "
Zooey Deschanel
Singing
Time
First Time
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Wrong
People
Great
" I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. "
Zooey Deschanel
Christmas
Love
Singing
" 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!' "
Zooey Deschanel
Club
God
Jazz
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
You
Work
Time
" I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy. "
Zooey Deschanel
Like
Songwriting
Empathy
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Always
Say
People
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
More
Go
Like
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Worst
Well
Movies
" 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! "
Zooey Deschanel
Skill
Myself
Exercise
" If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies? "
Zooey Deschanel
Anything
Cute
Who
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Girl
Hair
Love
" 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. "
Zooey Deschanel
Singing
Place
People