I actually did a lot of improvised movies or movies that were partially improvised. — Zooey Deschanel

I did not have a date to the prom. I went to my junior prom alone, and my senior prom, I was doing my first movie. I went in a limousine with, like, a bunch of people to my junior prom. It was a group date. — 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 don’t like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, ‘Blah blah blah movies.’ I find it incredibly boring. — Zooey Deschanel

I’m the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I’m really surprised if a movie I like does well. — Zooey Deschanel

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I’m an old–fashioned gal. — Zooey Deschanel

I don’t think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we’re talking about movies or TV. — 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

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’m a big fan of the ’80s fantasy genre that I grew up watching, movies like ‘Krull’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’ and ‘Time Bandits’ and all that stuff. — 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

We all know guys who’ve had their hearts broken in real life; we just don’t usually see it in the movies. — Zooey Deschanel

It’s nice that there are movies and songs about romance–it’s what motivates us as human beings. I’m all for being brainwashed by rom–coms. — Zooey Deschanel

I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me. — 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 in the process, and it costs so much money to make. — Zooey Deschanel

I started out doing musicals. — Zooey Deschanel

I would always love to come back and see my other castmates. — Zooey Deschanel

If I’m going to be ‘too’ anything, ‘too cute’ is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies? — Zooey Deschanel

My sister and I do to what we love to do and do what we want to do, so that sort of started us off having a sense of ‘Do this because you love it’ not ‘Do this because you want to be famous.’ — Zooey Deschanel

I hate camping, but I love summer camp. — Zooey Deschanel

One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth. — Zooey Deschanel

I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys. — Zooey Deschanel

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 different styles. — Zooey Deschanel

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

I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those. — Zooey Deschanel

I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it’s at and where a lot of trends begin. It’s where new filmmakers are breaking through. — 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

True love that lasts forever… yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves. — Zooey Deschanel

Love is individual to each person and I don’t think you can define it before experiencing it because it isn’t going to be the same for everybody. — Zooey Deschanel

I think good actors tend to be really funny. — Zooey Deschanel

I think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy–the funny–sidekick thing. — 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

From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over. — 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

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

I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things. — Zooey Deschanel

If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real. — Zooey Deschanel

Romantic comedies are usually about when love works. — Zooey Deschanel

If people just want to be famous, that’s just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you’re doing. — 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

I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music. — 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

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

I think it’s better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don’t corrupt each other, so to speak. — 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 like to learn things slow, I like learning alot, I like to get it all again and in the end, You know you get what you got… — Zooey Deschanel

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy. — Zooey Deschanel

I also feel like it’s the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don’t see. — Zooey Deschanel

Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars. — 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

One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it’s my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs. — Zooey Deschanel

I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that’s amazing when people can do that, but I think there’s room for the tone singers. And there aren’t a lot of them. — Zooey Deschanel

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That’s just the greatest feeling. — Zooey Deschanel

I feel like making music because–and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record–there’s more of myself in it. — 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

When I exercise, I like to take lots of different classes because I want to really apply myself and feel like I’m learning a new skill. Not that I ever want to have to demonstrate any of those skills! — Zooey Deschanel

I have Pro Tools on my computer, and I make CDs all the time. — Zooey Deschanel

I’m not cynical about love at all. I’m very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time. — Zooey Deschanel

I can’t even remember the first time I started singing. — Zooey Deschanel

I try to be authentic–but at the same time I don’t really want people prying into my personal life. — Zooey Deschanel

I LOVE DOWNTOWN LA and I relish any opportunity to spend time there. — Zooey Deschanel

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. — Zooey Deschanel

I would watch ‘Wizard of Oz,’ like every day, when I was two. I had a hard time understanding that I couldn’t go into the film, because it felt so real to me. — Zooey Deschanel

I think that if you haven’t been to the grocery store in a really long time, it’s really easy to get very out of touch. — Zooey Deschanel

Classic Christmas cookies are really time–consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe. — Zooey Deschanel

I never have time to have a dinner. I have to eat while I’m memorizing lines. The only way to maintain energy is to eat all day long. I must eat all day long. — 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

I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular. — Zooey Deschanel

I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music video. That’s so funny. — Zooey Deschanel

I have a music career as well, so I was going to either be an actress or a musician. Then, I did both. But, I was always going to do something creative. — 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

I like a lot of old films, I like a lot old music, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I like the idea of knowing what happens before, so that I can understand it. — Zooey Deschanel

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards–Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. — Zooey Deschanel

I’ve always had a really great time being in movies and writing music when I get home. The more creative I am, the more it feeds into other creative aspects of my life. — Zooey Deschanel

Writing music is really personal, and it’s a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something is coming from nothing. — Zooey Deschanel

I just like music that sounds like music. Not like machines and computers and things that you design to make things sound slick and perfect. — Zooey Deschanel

Modern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes it exciting. — Zooey Deschanel

I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody. — Zooey Deschanel