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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
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Zooey Claire Deschanel
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We are all made of air There's stars in my eyes and there's sun in my hair And I'm runnin' away, it makes me feel better
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I have trouble actually describing myself because I'm always suspicious of people who start describing themselves. I'm like, OK, why are you trying to tell me what you are?
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In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type.
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I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music video. That's so funny.
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I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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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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There are a million examples of not feeling the jazz, but using the jazz.
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Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
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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.
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You go to something like the Golden Globes, and it's the most glamorous place you could ever be, but then you go home and you're still like, 'Urgh, this dress is too tight, I wanna take off these shoes and put on my pyjamas.' At the end of the night all the glamour goes away and you're just a human.
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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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Oh my God, there are so many songs I wish I had written. 'Waters of March,' I wish I had written 'My Baby Just Cares for Me,' I wish I had written 'This Will Be Our Year,' I mean, there's millions of them. 'Wouldn't It Be Nice?'
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O-o-old habits die hard when you got, when you got a sentimental heart Piece of the puzzle, you're my missing part Oh what can you do with a sentimental heart?
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I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.
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In a lot of movies, you'll see people on crazy dates, and you're like, 'No one would ever do that!'
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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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Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.
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For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.
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