The always-lovely Zooey Deschanel is featured on the cover of this month’s BlackBook Magazine. She talks about her first blockbuster movie – she stars in M. Night Shyamalan‘s The Happening, opening today – her singing career, and what makes her Hollywood’s “alternative darling” du jour.

On the real M. Night:

�He�s not at all mysterious. He�s gregarious and fun�the life of the party!�

On working with costar Mark Wahlberg:

�Mark�s a very natural actor, and very giving. He�s really smart and clear about his choices.�

On mixing it up with her projects:

�I love doing one thing and then the other because they each provide a break. It is nice to have variety.�

On her musical career:

�It�s a personal thing to write music. I had stage fright about my own stuff, and when you are generating the work, it is all you….People who have the most courage are actually the people with the most fear. One way of getting control of the fear is to face it head on. The transition into music was a little frightening for me, but it�s more exciting [than acting] because it�s scarier.�

On marching to the beat of her own drum:

�For whatever reason, when I am faced with what everyone is peddling, I have the strongest desire to book it in the opposite direction.�

You can read the whole interview here!

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