"I have a daughter and a son, and I don't want them to ever think like, 'Oh, Mommy's insecure,' or, you know, like, 'My mom doesn't like...' I always want them to think I'm happy with myself and, like, because they get their self-esteem from their parents, you know. So yeah, it's important to me to, like, show up with confidence,"
"My identity was never super wrapped up in my appearance. I always made an effort to be like, what I'm presenting is more about my style and like, artistic and creative expressions versus, 'Oh, like I'm so just naturally perfect,' All those things are so ephemeral and, you know, they change, and they're subjective. And so I think not having my identity so wrapped up in what I looked like when I was 25 is really great,"
Zooey Deschanel avoids showing insecurity to her two children because children draw self-esteem from their parents. She aims to present happiness and confidence and stays fully present with them through school drop-offs, pickups, and playtime when not working. She recognizes Hollywood's brutal focus on women's appearance yet resists letting commentary shape her identity. She emphasizes style and artistic expression over relying on physical looks, views appearance as ephemeral and subjective, and values a strong sense of self that is not tied to how she looked at 25.
Read at Business Insider
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]