Deschanel’s Nerves Over Music Career
By WENNSaturday, March 27, 2010
Movie star/singer ZOOEY DESCHANEL almost missed out on her music career because she spent years too shy to share her material.
The (500) Days of Summer actress has become an indie music star thanks to her She & Him album collaboration with Matt Ward.
But Deschanel’s flourishing recording career almost floundered because she was so nervous about playing her songs to other people.
She says, “I remember walking into the studio at (bassist) Mike Coykendall’s house for the first time. Matt and Mike were both like, ‘Okay, here’s the piano and here’s the vocal mic. Off you go.’
“That was me in my most vulnerable state - that experience of sitting in a room and presenting something you’ve done completely on your own is so different to what I’m used to. I fell into acting when I was young and you’re usually working with a big group of people - if you take a fall, you all fall together.
“When it comes to songs that I’ve written myself, there’s something that’s thrilling and at the same time terrifying about playing them for someone that you really admire. My doing that for Matt took a lot of gumption.”
