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When it's pointed out that Barbie had quite the career, Deschanel says with a laugh, "That's true. And a lot of outfits, but I felt like the careers were in service to the outfits." Not that she has anything against style. After receiving a compliment on her fabulous, sleek turquoise spiked heels, Deschanel playfully kicks them off to allow a closer view. "Aren't they amazing?" she asks. "I love clothes."

And like you-know-who, she also has a lot of career goals, such as producing. "Taking matters in your own hands is a very good way of assuring quality product," she says. Deschanel, who sings and plays the piano ‑- and ukulele ‑- would also like to do Broadway. "I'd love to do My Fair Lady," she admits with a dreamy glint in her eye. (With her raven hair tossed up in a casual ponytail and her sly sense of humor, the actress does capture a bit of elegantly offbeat Audrey and feisty Eliza.)

As for now, Zooey has wrapped two yet-to-be-released movies, Live Free or Die and Winter Passing, and is set to shoot Failure to Launch. "It's about a woman, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, whose job it is to get guys who still live at home out of the house," she says. And she got a taste of realizing her musical ambitions with the upcoming TV movie Once Upon a Mattress with Carol Burnett and Tracey Ullman. "I got to sing with a 48-piece orchestra, which was incredible," says Deschanel. "I play Lady Larken. They put me in a long, blonde, curly wig and a pink dress. Actually, I kind of look like Barbie in that..."

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