Zooey Deschanel

“The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'”

“Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.”

“If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.”

“I think penguins are cute.”

“From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.”

“I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.”

“The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.”

“I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices.”

“For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.”

“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.”

“I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.”

“I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.”

“In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type.”

“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.”

“I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.”

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

“I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!”

“We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.”

“People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.”

“You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.”