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" 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. "

Zooey Deschanel

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that. "

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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. 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. "

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" For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why. "

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" If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies? "

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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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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" The average person tells a few white lies. "

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" I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. "

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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 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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" 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. "

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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.' "

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" The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job. "

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" If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans. "

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" 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. "

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" I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket. "

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" Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier. "

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" 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. "

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" Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. "

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" 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. "

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" I think penguins are cute. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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