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" The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else. "

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" If people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing. "

Zooey Deschanel

People

Famous

Morning

" I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy. "

Zooey Deschanel

Songwriting

Empathy

" 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 just like music that sounds like music. Not like machines and computers and things that you design to make things sound slick and perfect. "

" I have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird. "

" I like acting with no lines because all of a sudden you're able to express things without always worrying about the text. It's great to have a great text, but there's a lot of stuff you can't say in words, and I think there's something really nice about good physical moments. "

" In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type. "

" I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody. "

" Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women. "

" There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and hot. It's not worth it! "

" I started out doing musicals. "

" Everyone romanticizes somebody. "

Zooey Deschanel

Somebody

Everyone

" I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there. "

" I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those. "

" I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak. "

" 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. "

" 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

" I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint. "

" Nothing could be as hard as middle school. "

" I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer. "

" 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. "

Zooey Deschanel

Singing

Doing

" 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. "

" From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over. "

" I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation. "

" 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. "

Zooey Deschanel

Words

Happy

" My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. "

" I'm wary about this thing about being in the generation of social networking where people are like, 'I am my musical taste.' I am not just a collection of music. Or a collection of movies. I think that's a thing that people romanticize: 'Oh my God, she likes this band so she is a dream.' "

" I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things. "

" I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person. "

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