Zooey Deschanel Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I've always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Fashion, Character, Thinking

  "Zooey Deschanel and Liz Meriwether NEW GIRL Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 15, 2012.

• There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Character, Interesting, Doe

  "She & Him: a musical marriage made in heaven" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2010.

• Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Character, Thinking, Guy

  "Zooey Deschanel on Why New Girl Fits Her Like the Perfect Dress". Interview with Rose Curiel, www.popsugar.com. September 20, 2011.

• I've had experiences where I wasn't allowed to change words around at all because you have to say everything, exactly as written on the page. That's not fun for me. For me, part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a happy medium.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Fun, Character, Pages

  "Zooey Deschanel and Liz Meriwether NEW GIRL Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 15, 2012.

• My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my door, I refused to get up and answer it because, to me, he was knocking the wrong way. I just lay there, snoring away on stage, fully immersed in my character. My dad turned to my mom and said: 'Dustin Hoffman.'

  Zooey Deschanel

  Mom, Dad, Funny Motivational

• I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!

  Zooey Deschanel

  Sarcastic, Fun, Character

  "Interview: ‘New Girl’ star Zooey Deschanel" by Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. September 02, 2011.

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

  Zooey Deschanel

  Jobs, Nice, Character

  "Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer on Sundance Stalkers and Passing the Bechdel Rule". Interview with Kyle Buchanan, www.vulture.com. January 28, 2011.

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