Zooey Deschanel admits that she got bored being typecast as the slightly off the wall best friend.
Despite originally finding herself playing similar parts role after role the actress says that she is now grateful to have been able to mix and match her role taking on different characters.
Speaking to The Observer she said: "Every actor's known for being good at certain types of role. I think maybe for a little while, it was OK.
"I didn't necessarily want to do that all the time; it gets a little bit boring.
"There are other things I can do well but I feel like I've been very lucky to have been able to play all the different roles that I have."
The actress enjoyed success last year with her romance movie 500 Days of Summer, which was one of the big sleeper hits of the 2009.
She will be back in comedy Your Highness later this year as she teams up with Danny McBride and James Franco.
She has also branched out into music recording her first album with band She & Him and she admits that she likes the control that her singing career brings her.
"I'm not going to use a singing take that I don't like... but when you're acting you're totally at the mercy of someone else. They can cut you together to make your timing totally different."
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