You can’t expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding. – Zooey Deschanel
I wasn’t really the most charming person, socially – it took me a long time to develop my people skills – but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing. – Zooey Deschanel
It’s interesting, because as a musician, I don’t feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts. – Zooey Deschanel
There’s a vegan and gluten-free bakery called BabyCakes that I love. They’ve got shops in New York and Los Angeles. Their stuff is amazing. – Zooey Deschanel
Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again. – Zooey Deschanel
I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That’s like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible. – Zooey Deschanel
I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I’m in a crowd of people and they’re all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It’s a strange dichotomy. – Zooey Deschanel
I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I’m the same person. – 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
When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it’s a lot of work to make it! It’s not just our job as actors – so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work. – Zooey Deschanel
Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars’ kids at my school – but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn’t cool to show off that you had money. – Zooey Deschanel
I don’t know why femininity should be associated with weakness. Women should be free to express who they are without thinking, ‘I need to act like a man, or I need to tone it down to be successful.’ That’s a very good way to keep women down. – Zooey Deschanel
I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular. – Zooey Deschanel
I can’t go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me. – 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
I’ve personally never wanted to be ‘the babe’, and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don’t see my job as being a beautiful person. – Zooey Deschanel
When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do. – Zooey Deschanel
I don’t think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we’re talking about movies or TV. – Zooey Deschanel
For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working. – Zooey Deschanel
I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There’s something really, really fun about that. – Zooey Deschanel
I know a lot of people that have had fake Twitters… actors and musicians that I know. It’s sort of a problem. There are all these people that sign up thinking that they’re getting somebody’s real thoughts when it’s just some guy. – Zooey Deschanel
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. – Zooey Deschanel
People sometimes say, ‘Oh, you were a movie star,’ and I’m like, ‘No, I was a supporting actress.’ I wasn’t an A-list actress, and I’m fine with that. I’m proud of what I did in film. – Zooey Deschanel
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. – Zooey Deschanel
