It was a little bit of a shock, it was emotional. I burst into tears and choked up and said goodbye to people. It was really strange -- and then it took two hours to drive home. Emily Deschanel More Quotes by Emily Deschanel More Quotes From Emily Deschanel When you're comfortable in your own skin, you look beautiful, regardless of any flaws. Emily Deschanel positivityskinsbeautiful It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, thats a victory. Emily Deschanel cupsvictorydifferences David Boreanaz is pretty funny. He's probably the one that cracks everybody up the most on set. He can be very serious as well, but when he's silly he's pretty silly. Emily Deschanel cracksserioussilly I think that when somebody, when people really have a connection with each other, they change each other. You become a different person, hopefully a better person, because of it. Emily Deschanel connectionspeoplethinking I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was. Emily Deschanel new-yorkjobsfather For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do that for my health entirely, I do it for animals. Emily Deschanel veganwellsanimal It's a funny thing. It's an odd thing to have your dad just come and work with you. But I think they all enjoyed working with him. It was a lot of fun. David loved teasing my dad, but I know respects him very much and when he gave him direction, David was always trying to do what he asked and we had a lot of fun. Emily Deschanel dadfunthinking I'm a vegan, but you can be really unhealthy as a vegan, too. Vegan just means that you don't use animal products, so you don't wear leather, you don't wear wool, and you don't eat animal products. But you can eat french fries and stuff like that all day long. Emily Deschanel animallongmean It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced to face issues and emotions, feelings, that they have. So it kind of forces them to face it head on, which I think is a really interesting dynamic. And I think it should be interesting and probably a good thing for the relationship. Emily Deschanel runningcharacterthinking I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun. Emily Deschanel episodescomedyfun It's been a while. I haven't seen the actual gag reel they put on the DVD. I just saw the DVD myself, so I know that it's going to be some version of what we saw at our wrap party. Some of the funniest things probably wouldn't make it to the DVD and that involved Ryan O'Neal singing and they intercut that with the American Idol judges judging him, which was pretty funny. Emily Deschanel dvdspartyidols The first day working with my father was nerve wracking. I was terrified that I would embarrass him or he would embarrass me and it was probably one of the more tortuous days of my life. After the first day was under our belt, it was a great opportunity and I'll always look back on that experience fondly. Emily Deschanel nervesopportunityfather I've been vegan for 15 years, and it turns out it makes a very big impact on the environment to eat fewer animal products, which cause more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined. The United Nations did a study just over two years ago, and that blew my mind. I started thinking that if people are vegetarian for just one day a week, that makes a huge difference! Emily Deschanel animalyearsthinking A lot of people are not used to having death in their lives or anything like that and I think that's not incredibly natural either. So it definitely can take its toll. At the same time I think it's important to face your own mortality, which I do most every day by doing the show, to realize that your life is short and to take the opportunities that you need to take and be fearless. Emily Deschanel life-is-shortopportunitythinking In school math and science were my favorite subjects, but I probably in my true self I'm more of a people person. At the same time, I don't think that's how I recharge. Emily Deschanel mathschoolthinking It's very nice to work with my father as a peer in a lot of ways. You know, he asked me advice about certain things about the show and I'd ask him and sometimes I'd listen to his direction and sometimes I wouldn't. Emily Deschanel niceadvicefather But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about. Emily Deschanel dadactorsacting When you have a child yourself, you go back and think about how you were parented, how you were mothered and what your parents did for you, and you just want to be able to call and ask them. Emily Deschanel parentchildrenthinking The minute you become a parent, you're always going to wonder if you're doing something wrong, and I certainly experience that on a daily basis. It's a big challenge, and you can't help wondering if you're doing anything wrong. You have to trust your instincts and do what feels right for you. Emily Deschanel parentchallengeshelping I think when you go through something that changes you, it is profound in a way and if somebody is helping you, it brings you closer together. Emily Deschanel togetherprofoundthinking
