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.”

“Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second...”

“A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman.”

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

“I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me. I believed this because my sister Emily convinced me of it when I was a toddler. I think...”

“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. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.”

“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 I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a wel...”

“I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what happens to me. Whatever happens to me - you could quantify it as good or bad - I romanticize it. I...”

“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 same person.”

“I hate camping, but I love summer camp.”

“I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.”

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

“The average person tells a few white lies.”