Quotes from Zooey Deschanel

I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.

I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.

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

When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.

I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with different styles.

I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.

Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe.

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.

If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart.

I never stop myself from doing something because I'm afraid of what people might think.

I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.

I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it's real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do - it's embarrassing.

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

I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music video. That's so funny.

Love is individual to each person and I dont think you can define it before experiencing it because it isnt going to be the same for everybody.