Top 180 Zooey Deschanel Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Nothing’s better than a picnic.”

— Zooey Deschanel

2. “It’s never too late for a coffee. After all it’s morning somewhere in the world.”

— Zooey Deschanel

3. “It’s not about women acting like man, it’s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful.”

— Zooey Deschanel

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4. “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.”

— Zooey Deschanel

5. “In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard.”

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6. “Proving people wrong is probably my favorite thing to do.”

— Zooey Deschanel

7. “I’m a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don’t really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don’t stop, then you’ll never notice how tired you are.”

— Zooey Deschanel

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8. “Nothing could be as hard as middle school.”

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9. “Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.”

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10. “I will wear tights even if it’s 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.”

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11. “You don’t have to wear expensive clothes to look good.”

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12. “Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart.”

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13. “I need a coffee to go with my coffee.”

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14. “I don’t like plain nails. I get sad.”

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15. “For those of us who try to keep remembering, Try to do our better than our best. Think of all the children in the drifts of snow. Winners never quit, but winters never rest.”

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16. “Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars.”

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

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18. “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

19. “You can’t know if someone’s really your best friend. I think the measure of that is you could not see each other for six months and then when you see each other you laugh the same way you did when you were a little kid.”

— Zooey Deschanel

20. “I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.”

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21. “Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep -feel it all. Look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.”

— Zooey Deschanel

22. “To be a gluten-free vegan is, like, the most difficult thing you can possibly be.”

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23. “Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You’ve got to be kind to yourself You’ve got to be kind to yourself.”

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24. “There’s thieves among us Painting the walls All kinds of lies, and lies I never told it all.”

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25. “I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I’m an old-fashioned gal.”

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26. “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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27. “You can’t expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.”

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28. “I hate camping, but I love summer camp.”

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29. “I like to play the ukulele, but I’m not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar.”

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30. “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.”

— Zooey Deschanel

31. “I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.”

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32. “I went to Northwestern because I had gone to a really nontraditional high school. I was like, ‘It’d be cool to have a traditional college experience.’ Then I was like, ‘Oh, but none of these people understand what’s cool about me. My specialness is not appreciated in this place.’”

— Zooey Deschanel

33. “Humor is a part of spirituality.”

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34. “I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those.”

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35. “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.”

— Zooey Deschanel

36. “For those of you who tried, but didn’t make it, Settle down it’s never what you think. The summit doesn’t differ from the deep, dark valley, And the valley doesn’t differ from the kitchen sink.”

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37. “Why don’t we just sit and stare and do nothing? Nothing at all for a while I like the way you smile I could be your state and I could be your nation It doesn’t get better than home, now does it?”

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38. “It’s strange because a lot of people are like, ‘You can’t change human nature-people are inherently negative.’ I don’t think that’s true. If you expect the best from people, they’ll step up.”

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39. “Everyone has the heartbreak that shapes them in a way that they could never go back to the innocence that they had before.”

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40. “Take it back Oh, take it back I don’t want your lovin’, anymore Let me live Oh, let me live It’s not you who I sing for.”

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41. “When I was a little bit younger The strain I was under could make me cry. Now I’m a little bit older, A little bit bolder, Never so shy.”

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42. “I’m not cynical about love at all. I’m very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.”

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43. “There’s nothing like having a great friends when you see them, you get that joy – that you can’t really compare it with anything else.”

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44. “Oh, me? I’m not 80% water. I’m 80% coffee, and a little bit of sass.”

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45. “There’s a vegan and gluten-free bakery called BabyCakes that I love. They’ve got shops in New York and Los Angeles. Their stuff is amazing.”

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

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47. “Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That’s just the greatest feeling.”

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48. “The Internet’s like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It’s fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don’t care to hear it.”

— Zooey Deschanel

49. “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

50. “I like to learn things slow I like learning alot I like to get it all again and in the end You know you get what you got.”

— Zooey Deschanel