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.

I can do the Chipmunk voice and impressions of Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds and Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. I could probably do the whole Von Trapp family.

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

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

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.

You have to keep reminding yourself it’s not about money, because there is a lot of money to be made in this business if you’re willing to do whatever. But that’s not what I’m thinking about. I continue only to take movies because I love the script and because I really want to do it.

I remember when we were talking to one of the executives at the BBC. And he said, ‘Now hold on, this man (David Brent) is so incompetent why wouldn’t he be fired?’ and I said ‘Go and take a look around this building. Just go and knock on a few doors.’

You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.

There is nothing wrong with a woman welcoming all men’s advances as long as they are in cash.

I’ve still got a twinkle in me.

There’s only one person for every job. You can try all you want, but if you’re not right for it, you’re not gonna get it.

Lipgloss is my calling!

There were the Pussycat Dolls, and there’s a band called Perfect Pussy, but they’re white, so they get the pass. I can’t be Junglepussy and black, but I just push through, especially when my mother says she doesn’t have a problem with it.

I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it’s all make-believe.

At this time when I turn 50, because so there’s many of my friends and family who didn’t get to see 50-years-old, and so, I’m celebrating for them too.

I’m really an outdoorsy girl. People think I can’t go anywhere without getting all primped up, but I love to go camping, and I’m totally fine with not doing my hair or makeup, not taking a shower and just hiking.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

I’m a bit of a slag… Some people don’t think it’s very nice, but I don’t care… I’ve got hormones, and sex is there, so why not? Sex is good. Everybody does it, and everybody should!

I don’t actually own a car.

There’s something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day.

What makes us a bit nervous is, in this instant age, to release something that might take more than one listen. Where everything is instantly judged on YouTube or something! It’s a bit like releasing a horse and cart on a racetrack.