People think it’s good to use sex as power. They think that’s new. Flaunting your body, going around half-naked and being sexy to get your way—it’s so missing the point. We’re not even talking about the fact that women still don’t have a strong enough role in running the country.�

Following are other comments from Zooey Deschanel’s interview found in the June/July issue of Jane:

ON WEARING CHILDREN’S CLOTHING… “I’m always looking for school uniforms, trying to squeeze into kids’ clothing. It’s sort of a party trick, the way I can get myself into tiny dresses.�

ON MAKING HER OWN ALBUM…“I was about to explode, I had to get these songs out of me. I’m going to shop it around when it’s all done, but I really don’t know what my expectations are. The songs are like the old stuff I love, like Dusty Springfield. I’ve always listened to music that was made before I was born.�

ON HOLLYWOOD LABELING HER AS QUIRKY…“I never thought of myself as quirky. I was surprised when people said it.

ON HER FEAR OF STREET MUSICIANS… “Street musicians make me nervous. I don’t
know where to look. I don’t know how to act.�

ON TEACHING HERSELF HOW TO PLAY THE UKULELE… “It’s little—I can feel awkward behind a guitar—and it only has four strings, so it’s easy to learn. And I just think it’s cute.�

ON HER EX-BOYFRIEND ACTOR JASON SCHWARTZMAN… “We’re still friends.�

ON HER MEAN GIRL MOMENT… “In seventh grade, I filled out a ‘bill me later’ subscription card for Sassy in the name of a boy who tormented me.�

ON GOING TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOR ONLY A YEAR…“I’d started working before I went, and it got hard to juggle it all. I was being offered so many jobs. Rather than look a gift horse in the mouth, I packed up and left. I would’ve been crazy not to.�