Latest Zooey Deschanel Quotes from Interviews

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• I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that way. One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it's my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs. But I also feel like it's the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don't see.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Song, Mean, Artist

• That's one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It's a moment in time, and the less it's messed with the more powerful it is. I wanted at least one song on the record to be just completely about the moment.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Song, Powerful, Listening

• In making a movie, you're part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved in the process, and it costs so much money to make. There is so much more invested in it for a lot of different people, so much money is sunk into it that they usually want some guarantee or promise that it's going to be able to do something on a financial level. There's just a lot more messing with you in film. I love movies and I love to watch movies and being a part of the whole film experience.

  Zooey Deschanel

  People, Promise, Different

• I don't thrive in a word-perfect environment.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Perfect, Environment, Thrive

  "Zooey Deschanel talks about being the new director on New Girl". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, www.avclub.com. September 20, 2016.

• I actually did a lot of improvised movies or movies that were partially improvised.

  Zooey Deschanel

  "Zooey Deschanel talks about being the new director on New Girl". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, www.avclub.com. September 20, 2016.

• I try to be authentic - but at the same time I don't really want people prying into my personal life.

  Zooey Deschanel

  People, Trying, Want

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• It can make you a little crazy when you are too connected to a product.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Crazy, Littles, Connected

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• I already have the weird experience of having a name for myself personally that's connected to someone that's in the public eye. So you have me, Zooey Deschanel, and then there's Zooey Deschanel's public persona.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Eye, Names, Persona

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• There are lots of things that everyone else likes that I hate. So I feel that audience rights are very important. I just want people to hear it and decide if they like it or don't like it as they would with anything else.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Hate, Rights, People

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• I'm not really that interested in pandering to an audience of people that are going to judge me before they hear me. If they hear it and don't like it, that's totally fine.

  Zooey Deschanel

  People, Judging, Judge Me

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don't feel bound by being just a singer or an actress. First, I'm a storyteller, and history is stories - the most compelling stories. There is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking, Knowing, Interesting

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• I also feel like it's the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don't see.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Song, Mean, People

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it's my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Song, Artist, People

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that way.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Song, People, Way

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• I love movies and I love to watch movies and being a part of the whole film experience. Being a filmgoer is a unique experience, and it can affect you on so many levels. But being an actor in movies you often have a very narrow palette for expressing yourself.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Unique, Movie Love, Watches

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• 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

  Records, Able, Way

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• In making a movie, you're part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved in the process, and it costs so much money to make.

  Zooey Deschanel

  People, Cost, Machines

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• When I got a little bit older I wanted to play piano - that's all I wanted to do. I remember learning how to play a blues progression on the xylophone in music class and thinking "This is the greatest thing I've ever learned."

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking, Class, Play

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• Writing music is really personal, and it's a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something is coming from nothing.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Writing, Creative, Process

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• In making a record there are so fewer people involved - at least in our case. There were no more than three or four people in the studio at once. So I really feel like I can stand by everything on the record and say this is something that I personally endorse.

  Zooey Deschanel

  People, Three, Records

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I always have loved music, ever since I was really little. I just loved to sing. I can't really explain it, except maybe - and this is going to sound really stupid - when I would listen to a song it would make me more excited than anything else could.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Song, Stupid, Sound

  "She & Him". Interview with Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. April 21, 2008.

• I don't like to plan harmonies too much, because there's something fun that happens when you just sing a pass, then sing another pass, and layer them on top of each other.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Fun, Layers, Too Much

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• I'll have these internal moments where I'm empathizing with someone else or feeling something myself, but I'm like, "How can I see the best in this situation?" Sometimes those are the moments where you can have the most clarity.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Feelings, Clarity, Sometimes

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times longer.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Writing, Voice, Sometimes

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.

• 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

  Believe, Singers, Canada

  "She & Him". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 15, 2010.