Top 60 Rashida Jones Quotes

I have a lot of girl friends who are very adept at making friends, and guys are just not.

I’m terrified of performing live.

People don’t believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

Marriage feels like an industry with catering and really expensive bands.

I am definitively qualitative about work.

Just because a situation is grim doesn’t mean you don’t have every right to smile.

I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn’t even be friends with – ever.

I probably wouldn’t be acting if I didn’t grow up in Hollywood.

Music breaks my heart constantly.

I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.

It’s downright undignified how many blazers I’ve bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the perfect blazer, anything is possible.

Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.

Caring about what people think of me decreases everyday.

Auditioning is the worst.

People still go to Comic-Con because they love comics.

I feel like there is this weird thing where celebrity involvement in political campaigns kind of goes together like peanut butter and chocolate. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad.

I think that women are powerful and they’re multifaceted and they’re survivors; they don’t have to depend on a man to do the things they needed them to do, whether it was hunting or lifting heavy things, so what’s a man’s place now? Who knows!

Chemotherapy is brutal. The goal is pretty much to kill everything in your body without killing you.

For the most part, it is really nice when people come up to me, because I do think that people who are awkward relate to me, and that’s really nice. It’s generally good.

I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it’s because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives.

People are not enjoying life because they’re trying to be something or brand themselves.

I’ve always dreamt of having some sort of undercover job. I think it’s probably the coolest thing in the world, but ultimately a very lonely life.

In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor‘s Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done.

Music is hugely important to me.

Women tend to double-speak – I’m definitely guilty of that.

A question I get asked a lot is ‘What is it like to play the straight guy all the time?’ And I’m totally okay with it.

I can fall asleep anywhere.

I have no issues with my identity.

My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.

I kind of understand now why people freak out when they see celebrities that they love, because that’s how I feel about every single Muppet.

I’ve been really lucky thus far with acting, in that I can do things I believe in and feel good about, and feel good about myself. If for some reason one day that ends, I won‘t do it anymore. If I feel like I have to compromise myself to continue to be in this industry, I don’t want to do that.

I love going to weddings.

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It’s just how it is.

I don’t like expectations.

I pretty much borrow my entire beauty regime from my mom.

I would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced.

Well, dating has become a sport and not about finding the person you love.

I don’t think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.

I think anybody who has had a long relationship and has had a really hard time letting go, wants to feel like it’s not all for naught, and it’s meaningful, because it makes you who you are.

I have a father who came from nothing and conquered the world. The last thing I’m going to do is sit here and spend his money and try to look pretty. That’s not interesting to me at all.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for ‘integrity‘ in the dictionary. ‘Truthful‘ doesn’t really cover it, or ‘genuine.’ It should be like ‘integritus.’

I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch ‘Saturday Night Live.’

Mom is the most unconditionally loving person I will ever know, and she has always supported me on every level.

I really like the relaxed glamour of the ’70s.

You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it’s hard to find a new way to tell that story.

I want a baby and I want a family, for sure.

I am generally cast as the dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend.

I know what it’s like to have my heart broken. It is not adorable.

I think every girl has that a guy she has trouble letting go of.

To me, it’s really easy to feel glamorous and beautiful with red lips. It’s great because you don’t have to do anything else. I don’t have to do anything to my face. I can have cleanly washed hair and if I just put on like a matte red lip, it just makes everything seem special.

I don’t think that there’s been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it’s done them any good.

I find it scary to sing – scarier than acting actually.

For the most part, having more money and more fame make your life harder. It just does. I’ve seen it happen with people. You know, it’s so hard to stay normal. It’s so hard to stay happy. It’s hard to remember why you were doing what you did in the first place.

I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they’re really difficult to write and write well.

I don’t want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love to make music.

Good rom-coms have some reflection of the way things are, the sign of the times.

If I can surround myself with hilarious people every day, I will always want to go to work.

Sure, being good at your job is really important, but in acting, so much of the decision‘s already made the minute you walk in the room because they’re like, ‘His hair’s good or she’s got the right skin color‘ or whatever. It’s so random, but it’s so physically oriented.

There’s a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn’t be able to just dress up and look pretty.