Rashida Jones Quotes

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

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.

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.

Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.

I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.

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

You can never stop discovering music.

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

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.

Women can do anything, and I want to see that. I want them to make more movies for girls, and just for girls. I want studios to start doing that.

I'm a sponge. I'm obsessed with comedy. I'm obsessed with the idea that you can make somebody laugh, and I love to be around people who can make other people laugh.

I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.

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

I love being part of an ensemble.

My first love, I'll never forget, and it's such a big part of who I am, and in so many ways, we could never be together, but that doesn't mean that it's not forever. Because it is forever.

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 part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.

I definitely work pretty hard to stay present and focused. I've also tried to create a life for myself where I'm surrounded by honest, loyal, and funny people, because I like to laugh.

My activities tend to revolve around crossword puzzles, reading and playing piano and games with my friends.

I do have very strong, very conflicted feelings about rating systems and social media.

I'm not easily offended. I have a pretty high tolerance for raunchiness or shock value, so I'm the wrong person to use as a gauge.

There's room for everything in everybody.

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

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

Be friendly to everybody; protect yourself; people sometimes want a piece of you for no good reason; and always do things out of love not fear.

Control the publics perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

I wish for myself as an adult that I cared less what people thought of me, especially people who don't know me.

Spy plots are hard, really hard.

I've never been in a writer's room.

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

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

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 have to say, you know, I've seen so many people go through the cycle and become famous and not famous anymore and, you know, want - have their priorities change and want different things.

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

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls.

Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.

I'm friends with a lot of my exes, but it took time. We didn't just get into it. I don't think you can be friends until you're cool with them dating someone else. That's when you know.

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.

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

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

I can fall asleep anywhere.

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

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.

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

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

I have a deep respect for musicians, and I feel like I would want to be so prepared and so well-educated and deep in the process before I ever release anything.

Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight or flight thing.