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If you're in the public eye and you have young girls who look up to what you do, they're going to look to you for certain cues, so you have to take that as a responsibility, whether you think you deserve it or not.

Zooey Deschanel

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Zooey Deschanel
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 17
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