The Nature of Zooey Deschanel

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Some people find their calling early - really early. "I've known what I wanted to do since I was two," says 20-year-old Zooey Deschanel. Perhaps it was predestined: She spent much of her childhood on movie sets with her actress mother, Mary Jo (The Right Stuff), and Oscar-nominated cinematographer father, Caleb (The Black Stallion, The Patriot). She's following up her scene-stealing turn as a troubled teen in last year's Mumford with juicy roles in Cameron Crowe's upcoming '70s-era music saga and in Larry Clark's dark drama Bully.