Zooey Deschanel

It’s a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.

I love old music, old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes and basically I’m an old-fashioned gal.

For a while I was like, “Oh my God, anyone that would release an album as an actor is the biggest fool ever”, but I happened to have sung all my life before I was an actor. Why are musicians allowed to become actors? No one ever gives them flack for that.

I don’t really like to go out very much. I’m not scandalous. I’m not, like, in this to be famous. I also find it so embarrassing when you read about people and it’s like they were so trashed at Skybar and stumbling around. I don’t want to be that person. That’s just so embarrassing to have that written about you.

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 I don’t see anybody else and go, “Damn, they stole my thing”. I’m me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.

I was labeled a ‘theatre type’ in high school, which made it hard to fit in and feel part of things.

I didn’t miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

I love old music, old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes and basically I’m an old-fashioned gal.

When it’s not your gig, you’re like, ‘I’m just gonna go to bed!’

A designer told me that my wife was a master of light and I was a master of time.

But listen, I’m 29-years-old, I’m really lucky to be there and whatever happens I’ve been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I’d be really content.

[On his first red carpet experience] I walked out the wrong car door and started walking into the crowd, An interviewer said, ‘Give your best horror scream,’ and Stan did this great scream and I was too much of a wimp to do one. It was pathetic!

The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba’s father gets trampled.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves – and maybe a smile.

Music means communication to me. I say ‘listen you people out there, listen to my music, let’s be one.’ Music is a friend to me when I am lonely, when I am blue. You can’t define music ’cause music is cosmos and it knows no barrier or definition. You have to feel music to dig it

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[on Brad Pitt] I don’t know… I guess…. he’s a nice person and a GOOD kisser!

I was young when I first went to America. I was 19 years old, and I went crazy. I met The GTOs and my mind just snapped. I’m from a nowhere town in the Midlands and here were these girls with bare breasts blatantly coming on, and of course we went crazy.

I literally change my phone number 10 times a year and I don’t ever save my contacts.

I like you baby, just not more than my work right now

I don’t really see the point in washing your hair. If you don’t care if your hair’s clean or not then why would you wash it?