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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

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Zooey Deschanel
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 17
Actor
Actress
Banjoist
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Film Actor
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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LA
California
Zooey Claire Deschanel
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I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.
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I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.
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I also feel like it's the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don't see.
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You do not need to look or be anorexic to be successful in Hollywood. The range of what's acceptable is a lot larger than what people believe.
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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 feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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I already have the weird experience of having a name for myself personally that's connected to someone that's in the public eye. So you have me, Zooey Deschanel, and then there's Zooey Deschanel's public persona.
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I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.
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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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There are lots of things that everyone else likes that I hate. So I feel that audience rights are very important. I just want people to hear it and decide if they like it or don't like it as they would with anything else.
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Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You've got to be kind to yourself You've got to be kind to yourself
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In making a movie, you're part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved in the process, and it costs so much money to make.
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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'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.
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Take it back Oh, take it back I don't want your lovin', anymore Let me live Oh, let me live It's not you who I sing for
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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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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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Yes, exactly. I think that Christmas is always used at any point in the year to cheer us up, like each other up. We would use that to cheer each other up if we were in a sad mood or something, we'd just start talking about Christmas.
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