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I'm not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.

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
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LA
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Zooey Claire Deschanel
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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 feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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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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My mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears.
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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.
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I think every year I become happier because I become more comfident and more comfortable in my own skin.
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I've had experiences where I wasn't allowed to change words around at all because you have to say everything, exactly as written on the page. That's not fun for me. For me, part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a happy medium.
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The average person tells a few white lies.
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I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times longer.
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I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.
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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.
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I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those.
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I have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird.
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One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it's my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs.
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I don't think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we're talking about movies or TV.
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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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I've always straddled a weird line - there's a lot of mainstream stuff that I love. At the same, I still feel like an outsider. I'm the outsider who's on the inside.
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Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great it just isn't how I do things.
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One of the privileges of doing television is the ability to evaluate my own performance and try to improve upon it.
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I think good actors tend to be really funny.
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