Zooey Deschanel

one day my best friend said to me 'Jess, you rock a lot of polka dots' and that was the deal breaker, now we're mortal enemies ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#friend-ship #new-girl #polka-dots #friendship

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

#music #music

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

— Zooey Deschanel

#down #me #percent #sitting #working

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

#always #charming #comfortable #develop #i

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

— Zooey Deschanel

#alone #always #feel #feeling #greatest

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

#aspects #being #better #boring #certain

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

— Zooey Deschanel

#first #first time #i #remember #singing

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

#always #because #choose #different #first

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

— Zooey Deschanel

#i #over #screen #terrifying

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

#corrupt #each #i #i think #life