Quotes from Rashida Jones

I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.

I think there's just an inherent burden of being alive and being a woman. No man would ever admit that, but I think women know it, which is: You know more than men, you know more than most people you're dealing with every day, and you know that's it up to you to make things move forward, and you get paid half as much, but you just do it.

I took a Groundlings class in my 20s, and I was terrible. They didn't even pass me to the next level.

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

Music breaks my heart constantly.

In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer - because there was a time that was true. So that's where I developed my personality.

To me, it's really easy to feel glamorous and beautiful with red lips. It's great because you don't have to do anything else. I don't have to do anything to my face. I can have cleanly washed hair and if I just put on like a matte red lip, it just makes everything seem special.

Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.

I want a baby and I want a family, for sure.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

I pretty much borrow my entire beauty regime from my mom.

Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.

My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it's because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives.

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls.

I have to say, you know, I've seen so many people go through the cycle and become famous and not famous anymore and, you know, want - have their priorities change and want different things.

Music breaks my heart constantly.

I don't want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love to make music.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor's Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done.

I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.

My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

I think anybody who has had a long relationship and has had a really hard time letting go, wants to feel like it's not all for naught, and it's meaningful, because it makes you who you are.