In the new issue of Lucky magazine, actress and musician Zooey Deschanel calls out people who dub her "quirky" -- a moniker the indie heartthrob receives often.
"It's an annoying word," Deschanel says. "'Quirky' is like a nice way of saying weird."
The 31-year-old actress, married to Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, will appear in 'Your Highness' this spring.
"It's a spoof of '80s adventure fantasy movies. It's a comedy that has a lot of really dirty jokes," Deschanel tells Lucky. "I play Belladonna. I'm a maiden and I'm betrothed to Prince Fabious played by James Franco."
One of Deschanel's favorite parts of filming 'Your Highness' was the medieval wardrobe. "I had so many amazing costumes in the movie. They weren't things I would normally wear. They were basically medieval gowns. It was really fun dressing up like I was going to a Renaissance fair for three months," she says.
More highlights from Zooey Deschanel's Lucky magazine cover:
On her personal style: "I would say girly, flirtatious, colorful. Feminine, maybe, and soft. But yeah, definitely colorful."
On her "style test" for an outfit: "What if I need to run away? Just take off at any minute? I want to be able to run away and dance at all times."
On dressing up as a child: "I wanted to be really girly, like Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz.' I'm still the same way."
On her favorite party dress: "I was 14 and wanted to wear a red dress to a party. I was just determined. So I found all this old material from Christmas stockings, and I taught myself how to sew. It had white lace at the top and an empire waist, and it was knee length -- it was actually really cute."
On LA's new fashion trends: "I'm not a leather-dress, bondage-pumps type of person. All those straps and zippers look horrible on me. Am I going to kill someone with that shoe? I like things that are pretty. I like dressing up."
Being called weird to me is saying that you are unique, which is a good thing. Be concerned when someone calls you a 'weirdo' which is like saying you are creepy or freaky. So Zooey, just keep being your unique self! Nice singing voice!!
I don't know anything about this actress/singer, but there is nothing wrong in my opinion about a person being quirky or weird, if, in the process you are not hurting anybody else...some people successfully "live outside the box" and still have productive happy lives.
I thought she was quirky too and don't know why. Is it becuz she takes the quirky roles? Or is becuz she's a vegan and only uses natural fiber clothing. Not that that's quirky so simmer down you vegans but I think I read more of her quirky behaviors/choices.
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Could not stand to be around that lady. She's too full of herself.
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I think Zooey is adorable. I love the sound of her voice. Beautiful singer.
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Couldn't agree with you more
She's wonderful. Love her singing, her acting and her style. She's a natural beauty.
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OK - Zoe - you're not quirky; you are weird and you are annoying, as well as a terrible actress. There! You feel better?
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Sheppard, why don't you go away?
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Quirky ? Hmmmmmmmm..... More like GORGEOUS !!!!
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kinda sensitive, aren't you? Too immature to deal with an opinion not like yours?
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She is so quirky and so weird. How she ever got to be where she is-wherever that is-is beyond the stars in the sky. WEIRD!
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Being called weird to me is saying that you are unique, which is a good thing. Be concerned when someone calls you a 'weirdo' which is like saying you are creepy or freaky. So Zooey, just keep being your unique self! Nice singing voice!!
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What a great news story! Thanks, popeater staff, for quoting LUCKY magazines story to us
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I don't know anything about this actress/singer, but there is nothing wrong in my opinion about a person being quirky or weird, if, in the process you are not hurting anybody else...some people successfully "live outside the box" and still have productive happy lives.
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There is no box. That's just another example of dichotomous thinking.
Who is this person exactly?
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I thought she was quirky too and don't know why. Is it becuz she takes the quirky roles? Or is becuz she's a vegan and only uses natural fiber clothing. Not that that's quirky so simmer down you vegans but I think I read more of her quirky behaviors/choices.
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Waiting for Zoooey, Katy Perry and Cindy Lauper to do a show together.
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I think she's annoying. At least people are talking about her favorably. Would she rather be a struggling actress?
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Who is this chick? Is she on TV or something?
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Zooey played the blond girlfriend in "ELF". Remember, she was signing in the shower at the department store, and Elf came in a sang with her?