Zooey Deschanel

“You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good.”

“Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women.”

“I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.”

“I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.”

“Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything _ but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other.”

“I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.”

“Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.”

“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.”

“It's cool cause my sister is older than me and we went to the same high school, so by the time I got to high school, I got the lowdown on all the teachers and everything.”

“My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.”

“I think making a movie or a record, the best things happen by accident - and those end up being the magic. Every time I've followed my gut it's been better than when I've tried to do what I was supposed to do.”

“I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.”

“It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.”

“No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.”

“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'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.”

“I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those.”

“To be a gluten-free vegan is, like, the most difficult thing you can possibly be.”

“If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'”

“When I exercise, I like to take lots of different classes because I want to really apply myself and feel like I'm learning a new skill. Not that I ever want to have to demonstrate any of those skills!”