One of the privileges of doing television is the ability to evaluate my own performance and try to improve upon it.
Zooey DeschanelI think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's not about being funny, it's about telling a story and then the comedy comes out of the situation, I think.
Zooey DeschanelI like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
Zooey DeschanelI think every year I become happier because I become more comfident and more comfortable in my own skin.
Zooey DeschanelIf people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing.
Zooey DeschanelI brake for birds. I rock a lot of polka dots. I have touched glitter in the last 24 hours. I spend my entire day talking to children. And I find it fundamentally strange that you're not a dessert person. It freaks me out. I'm sorry that I don't talk like Murphy Brown. And I hate your pants suit. I wish it had ribbons on it or something just to make it slightly cuter but that doesn't mean I'm not smart and tough and strong.
Zooey Deschanel