{Deschanel Sisters}

Emily & Zooey @ 2006 'Glory Road' Premiere

Is there something in your DNA that you guys think helps makes you guys successful?
Zooey: It's hard to separate nature from nurture.
Emily: "Yes, because we both grew up in the same household. I think of things that are more nurture in that, we grew up in a household where our mother is an actress, so our parents couldn't really tell us not to be actors, because that would be hypocritical. But yet we were also saw a lot of actors, family friends and our mother. We saw lots of people struggle. It's a hard business. It's a hard profession to pursue, so we didn't have any delusions.
Zooey: I think, too, there was no sense that this wasn't a job that you had to work at. There was no delusion of glamor, really.
Emily: Yes, I think a lot of times people go into the profession and think that it is about glamor. It is about - that it's easy, an easy job to do. That's it's easy to get jobs. I think we never thought any of those things. I think we both just fell in love with acting and performing and all of that. So I don't know. I think that that really helped certainly. And it's nice to have family who understands what you're going through when you're going through it.

Are there any other successful sibling sisters that you guys admire, siblings or sisters?
Zooey: Dylan Fontaine and -
Emily (interrupting): They did not get along, though. The Kardashians, of course.
Zooey: The Olsen twins.
Emily: That's such an interesting question - I'm trying to think, there's the Arquettes. They're cool. We like them. I don't know. My mind goes blank.
Zooey: I like those sisters who design Rodarte. They're cool.


This will probably be the last update of the year so happy new year to all of you and have a great time! ♥


{Deschanel Sisters}

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