It's strange because a lot of people are like, 'You can't change human nature-people are inherently negative.' I don't think that's true. If you expect the best from people, they'll step up.

I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.

I finally figured out how to read origami directions.

I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me.

I know a lot of people that have had fake Twitters... actors and musicians that I know. It's sort of a problem. There are all these people that sign up thinking that they're getting somebody's real thoughts when it's just some guy.

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.

I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.