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

Zooey Deschanel

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Zooey Deschanel
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 17
Actor
Actress
Banjoist
Composer
Film Actor
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
LA
California
Zooey Claire Deschanel
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Procrastinating
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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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I want to be where your heart is home I want to see you with the light in the morning There's never been such a beautiful warning to me, to me
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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!'
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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.
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I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer.
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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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To be a gluten-free vegan is, like, the most difficult thing you can possibly be.
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Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.
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I like a lot of old films, I like a lot old music, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I like the idea of knowing what happens before, so that I can understand it.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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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.
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I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that way.
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Love is just a piece of time in the world in the world And I couldn't help but fall in love again
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I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.
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Love is individual to each person and I don’t think you can define it before experiencing it because it isn’t going to be the same for everybody.
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People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.
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