My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. Zooey Deschanel More Quotes by Zooey Deschanel More Quotes From Zooey Deschanel Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling. Zooey Deschanel aimfeelingspeople A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman. Zooey Deschanel depressingwork-outpeople Everyone has the heartbreak that shapes them in a way that they could never go back to the innocence that they had before. Zooey Deschanel shapesheartlife It's really fun to say no sometimes. I just don't want to discount how fun it is to say no and exercise your right to say no, and - as a girl - it's important to know how to say no... and that no means no! Zooey Deschanel girlfunmean Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep -feel it all. Look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love. Zooey Deschanel gratitudepowerfulsong I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore. Zooey Deschanel boysbeachschool Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Zooey Deschanel coldnessvulnerableheart I feel like making music because - and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record - there's more of myself in it. Zooey Deschanel recordsableway It's never too late for a coffee. After all it's morning somewhere in the world. Zooey Deschanel coffeetoo-latemorning What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way I appear to the world. Growing up, I couldn't understand why people would always have different ideas of me - but because of that I became aware of how you can manipulate your own ability to change. And then I learned to make a career of it. Zooey Deschanel growing-upcareersideas I’m just being myself. There is not an ounce of me that believes any of that crap that they say. We can’t be feminine and be feminists and be successful? I want to be a f-king feminist and wear a f-king Peter Pan collar. So f-king what? Zooey Deschanel successfulkingsbelieve I've been watching a lot of Joni Mitchell YouTube clips and I can't believe her transformation from this folk singer in Canada. Zooey Deschanel canadasingersbelieve I'm not doing it to pander to people. I just always knew what I liked versus what I don't like. I never liked things with too many zippers or spikes and stuff. That weirds me out. I like things that are pretty. And I think it's great to be pretty. I like being feminine. I think it's good to be feminine. We don't need to look like men or dress like men or talk like men to be powerful. We can be powerful in our own way, our own feminine way. Zooey Deschanel powerfulmenthinking 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. Zooey Deschanel cuttinggirlmen That is so personal, and it’s my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it’s always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney? Zooey Deschanel pressespetpeople I'm not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out. Zooey Deschanel comedymomentswant In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard. Zooey Deschanel hugwake-uppeople I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible. Zooey Deschanel pageantwomenyouth I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. Zooey Deschanel singingchristmassong I'm not cynical about love at all. I'm very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time. Zooey Deschanel practicalscynicalthinking
