Top 180 Zooey Deschanel Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “I don’t think I’m very much like anyone else, really. I’m sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don’t see anybody else and go, “Damn, they stole my thing.” I’m me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.”

— Zooey Deschanel

152. “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.”

— Zooey Deschanel

153. “I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There’s something really, really fun about that.”

— Zooey Deschanel

154. “My sister and I do to what we love to do and do what we want to do, so that sort of started us off having a sense of ‘Do this because you love it’ not ‘Do this because you want to be famous.’ IGN Logo.”

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155. “If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be ‘Calm down!’”

— Zooey Deschanel

156. “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.”

— Zooey Deschanel

157. “I’ve never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I’m, like, ‘How do they do that?’ It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something.”

— Zooey Deschanel

158. “I’m always doing something musically – when I’m working or when I’m off.”

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

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160. “I’ve always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it’s not about the money – because, obviously, there’s a lot of money to be made in this business if you’re willing to do anything.”

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161. “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.”

— Zooey Deschanel

162. “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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163. “I think comedy’s just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.”

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164. “I think good actors tend to be really funny.”

— Zooey Deschanel

165. “I don’t think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we’re talking about movies or TV.”

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166. “I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.”

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167. “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.’”

— Zooey Deschanel

168. “I think that if you’re serving yourself before you’re serving a story then that’s where you end up being not funny. It’s not about being funny, it’s about telling a story and then the comedy comes out of the situation, I think.”

— Zooey Deschanel

169. “I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.”

— Zooey Deschanel

170. “Most of my music theory knowledge is based on piano. But I write on guitar a lot, too. I’m not a great guitar player by any means. I’m not a great instrumentalist. I play piano on stage. I don’t play guitar on stage, but I use it to write quite a lot.”

— Zooey Deschanel

171. “Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.”

— Zooey Deschanel

172. “I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it’s very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn’t: ‘Oh, you’re making fun of me right now.’ And I wasn’t!”

— Zooey Deschanel

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

— Zooey Deschanel

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

— Zooey Deschanel

175. “Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that’s just the way they do things. It’s like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it’s due.”

— Zooey Deschanel

176. “I have Pro Tools on my computer, and I make CDs all the time.”

— Zooey Deschanel

177. “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

178. “I have a music career as well, so I was going to either be an actress or a musician. Then, I did both. But, I was always going to do something creative.”

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179. “Everyone romanticizes somebody.”

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180. “I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.”

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181. “I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I’ve always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear.”

— Zooey Deschanel

182. “I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.”

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183. “My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.”

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184. “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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185. “The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, ‘Oh my God!’”

— Zooey Deschanel

186. “I sort of consider myself a comedic actress, not a comedienne. I think it’s different. You know, I’m not a stand-up or anything, but playing into comedic situations is sort of where, I think, my strength lies.”

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187. “It’s interesting, because as a musician, I don’t feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.”

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188. “One of the privileges of doing television is the ability to evaluate my own performance and try to improve upon it. I know what’s working and what’s not working.”

— Zooey Deschanel

189. “I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that’s amazing when people can do that, but I think there’s room for the tone singers. And there aren’t a lot of them.”

— Zooey Deschanel

190. “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.”

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191. “I don’t have control over what’s on screen, and that’s terrifying.”

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192. “That is so personal, and it’s my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it’s always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney?”

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193. “I think every year I become happier because I become more comfident and more comfortable in my own skin.”

— Zooey Deschanel