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" Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad. "
Zooey Deschanel
Good
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" 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. "
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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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" If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real. "
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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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" My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. "
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" I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around. "
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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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" 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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" I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy. "
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" Humor is a part of spirituality. "
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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. "
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" I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things. "
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" It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention. "
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" Nothing could be as hard as middle school. "
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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 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. "
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" 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. "
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" True love that lasts forever... yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves. "
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" I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don't see my job as being a beautiful person. "
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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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