Zooey Deschanel Quotes - Page 8

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

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.

When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.

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.

I don't know how to explain how, probably to my detriment, unselfpromoting I am. I used to have a cabaret act and I didn't even like to tell me people about that. I really hate selling myself.

There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.

The average person tells a few white lies.

For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.

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.

I want to be a freaking feminist and wear a freaking Peter Pan collar. So freaking what?

I would watch 'Wizard of Oz,' like every day, when I was two. I had a hard time understanding that I couldn't go into the film, because it felt so real to me.

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.

I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar.

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

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

I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.

I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.

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.

It`s not about women acting like man, it`s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful

I hate camping, but I love summer camp.

I think making a movie or a record, the best things happen by accident - and those end up being the magic. Every time I've followed my gut it's been better than when I've tried to do what I was supposed to do.

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.'

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.

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.

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