Zooey Deschanel : (8)

" If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be ‘Calm down!’ " - Zooey Deschanel

" 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. " - Zooey Deschanel

" ‘It Girl’ is supposed to be something that only lasts a certain amount of time. They keep calling me an ‘It Girl,’ and at this point it makes me laugh, because I’ve done that so many times: ‘You’re it;’ ‘You’re not it.’ What is ‘it?’ " - Zooey Deschanel

" I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it’s like I try so hard and then people still say I’m offbeat. I’ve learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor. " - Zooey Deschanel

" I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint. " - Zooey Deschanel

" Making movies, you’re like an independent contractor – you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad. " - Zooey Deschanel

" It’s very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don’t mean to say it’s very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that’s my taste in music – my taste in chord progressions and melodies. " - Zooey Deschanel

" A lot of people work out to be skinny. That’s so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman. " - Zooey Deschanel