Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

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.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

The Internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It's fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don't care to hear it.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it's real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do - it's embarrassing.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

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

Zooey Deschanel
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
Zooey Deschanel

My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

I think penguins are cute.

Zooey Deschanel
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
Zooey Deschanel

Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

In a lot of movies, you'll see people on crazy dates, and you're like, 'No one would ever do that!'

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and hot. It's not worth it!

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

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.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies?

Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel

I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!