Zooey Deschanel Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• 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.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Real, Thinking, Play

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

  Zooey Deschanel

  Vintage, Clothes, Comedy

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

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking, People, Laughing

  "Zooey Deschanel Talks NEW GIRL Season 2, a Possible Crossover Episode with THE MINDY PROJECT, Voicing a Character on THE SIMPSONS and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 26, 2012.

• I 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 Deschanel

  Thinking, Stories, Comedy

• I'm not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Want, Comedy, Moments

  "Zooey Deschanel Interview NEW GIRL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 7, 2011.

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

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking, Way, Comedy

• I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking, Comedy, Best Comedy

  "Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel Interview - YES MAN". Press conference, collider.com. December 17, 2008.

• Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Comedy

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