Emily Deschanel Quotes

#1. We can't spend all day trying to get the performance exactly right and you just have to accept that and move on and accept the medium that you're working in and you know, there's a beauty in working under constraints and limitations. I think a lot of great things can come out of that.

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#2. In school math and science were my favorite subjects, but I probably in my true self I'm more of a people person. At the same time, I don't think that's how I recharge.

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#3. Farm animals are just as interesting and intelligent as the dogs and cats who we know a bit betterYet they are treated by the meat industry as though they are inanimate objects with no feelings or personalities.

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#4. I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was.

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#5. My whole family is very sarcastic and constantly making jokes.

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#6. It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, that's a victory.

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#7. I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun.

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#8. The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement.

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#9. I really like being pregnant. Not that there aren't things I don't love, but when I think about what my body is doing - creating a child - it just blows my mind. I'm in awe of the process and science.

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#10. I'm definitely a people person. I love socializing and being around people and having a good conversation.

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#11. I'm a vegan, but you can be really unhealthy as a vegan, too.

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#12. David Boreanaz is pretty funny. He's probably the one that cracks everybody up the most on set. He can be very serious as well, but when he's silly he's pretty silly.

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#13. The United Nations did a study just over two years ago, and that blew my mind. I started thinking that if people are vegetarian for one day a week, that makes a huge difference!

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#14. I think that when somebody, when people really have a connection with each other, they change each other. You become a different person, hopefully a better person, because of it.

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#15. For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do that for my health entirely, I do it for animals.

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#16. It's very nice to work with my father as a peer in a lot of ways. You know, he asked me advice about certain things about the show and I'd ask him and sometimes I'd listen to his direction and sometimes I wouldn't.

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#17. I've been vegan for 15 years, and it turns out it makes a very big impact on the environment to eat fewer animal products, which cause more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined.

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#18. Everything I know about makeup, I've learned from my sister.

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#19. My mom breastfed me for more than a year, and I can't imagine doing it any other way. It's cheap and much better for the environment, and you don't have to lug all that stuff around.

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#20. I've been a vegan for about 15 years.

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#21. I think it's important to remember that to exercise you don't have to run a sprint.

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#22. I have a treadmill, and I work out with my trainer, Julie Diamond, as often as possible. She's so positive.

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#23. I think when you go through something that changes you, it is profound in a way and if somebody is helping you, it brings you closer together.

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#24. When you're comfortable in your own skin, you look beautiful, regardless of any flaws.

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#25. I think he gets a lot of respect just because he's my dad, too. Even if he hadn't had any experience. But I think he comes with a lot of experience and all of that as well, so I think people enjoyed working with him and had fun and also respected him, which was nice.

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