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 Copy Share Image
I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
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… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
For those of us who try to keep remembering, Try to do our better than our best. Think of all the children in the… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart,… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
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… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
I'm not really that interested in pandering to an audience of people that are going to judge me before they hear me. If they… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
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… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
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… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
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.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
Yeah, well, we were looking for something sort of anonymous. It suggests what it is, but I like that it's modest. I feel like… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
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… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah. Don’t let… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share
