Words matter. These are the best Rashida Jones Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
It’s very challenging to learn something new as an adult.
My mother and I are more than best friends; we are partners in crime. After she and my father, Quincy Jones, separated when I was 10 years old, my sister, Kidada, who was 12, went to live with our dad, and I stayed with my mother.
Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.
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.
You know, I definitely have an inclination to work in the public sector.
In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer – because there was a time that was true. So that’s where I developed my personality.
Good rom-coms have some reflection of the way things are, the sign of the times.
Auditioning is the worst.
Geeks are finally having their day.
For the most part, there’s so much of me in my characters.
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.
Well, dating has become a sport and not about finding the person you love.
Mom is the most unconditionally loving person I will ever know, and she has always supported me on every level.
My activities tend to revolve around crossword puzzles, reading and playing piano and games with my friends.
I love being part of an ensemble.
I have a lot of girl friends who are very adept at making friends, and guys are just not.
I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.
I took a Groundlings class in my 20s, and I was terrible. They didn’t even pass me to the next level.
It’s such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.
Timing is everything with relationships.
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.
You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it’s hard to find a new way to tell that story.
I’m terrified of performing live.
Music breaks my heart constantly.
Women tend to double-speak – I’m definitely guilty of that.
I love guys and the way they think; they’re so straightforward – and women can learn from that.
I pretty much borrow my entire beauty regime from my mom.
I had a nickname in junior high, and I’m loathe to say this: ‘potato lady.’
As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.
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.
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.
I find it scary to sing – scarier than acting actually.
I love going to weddings.
I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.
I really like the relaxed glamour of the ’70s.
There’s no better way to process pain than to write.
It’s hard to find female leads that are flawed and interesting and dynamic.
I’m a comedy geek so anything comedy related, whether that’s standup shows, improv shows, I’m all over that. That’s my favorite way to be entertained always.
Spy plots are hard, really hard.
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 am definitively qualitative about work.
I know what it’s like to have my heart broken. It is not adorable.
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 can fall asleep anywhere.
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.
Caring about what people think of me decreases everyday.
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!
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’m generally a pretty friendly person.
My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.
There’s a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn’t be able to just dress up and look pretty.
I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.
You can never stop discovering music.
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 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.’
Control the public’s perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.
I probably wouldn’t be acting if I didn’t grow up in Hollywood.
People don’t believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.