Zooey Deschanel

I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do!

— Zooey Deschanel

The average person tells a few white lies.

— Zooey Deschanel

Nothing's better than a picnic.

— Zooey Deschanel

Humor is a part of spirituality.

— Zooey Deschanel

Everyone romanticizes somebody.

— Zooey Deschanel

I don't like plain nails. I get sad.

— Zooey Deschanel

I started out doing musicals.

— Zooey Deschanel

Nothing could be as hard as middle school.

— Zooey Deschanel

If 'New Girl' had been a movie, I don't know whether I would have been given the opportunity to do it.

— 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

I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

— Zooey Deschanel

If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too…

— Zooey Deschanel

For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.

— Zooey Deschanel

I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.

— Zooey Deschanel

Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.

— Zooey Deschanel

I finally figured out how to read origami directions.

— Zooey Deschanel

I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's…

— Zooey Deschanel

I don't like to plan harmonies too much, because there's something fun that happens when you just sing a pass, then sing…

— Zooey Deschanel

I like to make colored xeroxes of things. I clip out pictures of Liza Minelli and her husband from magazines and I…

— Zooey Deschanel

When I exercise, I like to take lots of different classes because I want to really apply myself and feel like I'm…

— Zooey Deschanel

From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I…

— Zooey Deschanel

I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put…

— 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

There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and…

— Zooey Deschanel

It's an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to…

— Zooey Deschanel

Most of my music theory knowledge is based on piano. But I write on guitar a lot, too. I'm not a great…

— Zooey Deschanel

It's so hard. And can I say something? I thought she did a really good job. Everyone reads off cue cards. There…

— Zooey Deschanel

It seems like New York's a really Christmasy place. People walk down the street and they act like they don't care but…

— Zooey Deschanel

My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my…

— Zooey Deschanel

I was writing tons of music in my spare time. I might be on location somewhere, and I'd go home and I'd…

— Zooey Deschanel

I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, really. I'm sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but…

— Zooey Deschanel

I love movies and I love to watch movies and being a part of the whole film experience. Being a filmgoer is…

— Zooey Deschanel

I don't know what my greatest fear is. It's hard to say. I mean there's a lot of things out there that…

— Zooey Deschanel

I brake for birds. I rock a lot of polka dots. I have touched glitter in the last 24 hours. I spend…

— Zooey Deschanel

I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that…

— Zooey Deschanel

Im not going to use a singing take that I dont like but when youre acting youre totally at the mercy of…

— Zooey Deschanel

I'm not doing it to pander to people. I just always knew what I liked versus what I don't like. I never…

— Zooey Deschanel

In making a movie, you're part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved…

— Zooey Deschanel

I've been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school.…

— Zooey Deschanel

“Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah.…

— Zooey Deschanel