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

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.
Zooey Deschanel

For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
Zooey Deschanel

I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun.
Zooey Deschanel

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

I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.
Zooey Deschanel

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

I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me.
Zooey Deschanel

I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.
Zooey Deschanel

I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer.
Zooey Deschanel


I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
Zooey Deschanel

I started out doing musicals.
Zooey Deschanel

I think I'm a fun flatmate. I'm always cheerful. I go on tour with my band so it's 12 people on one bus and I feel like I'm the one who's happy in the morning. I'm not a chaotic person, but I might slack off on doing the dishes from time to time.
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

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 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'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.
Zooey Deschanel

I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.
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

If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.
Zooey Deschanel