Blake Lively Quotes

The most powerful thing is for women not just to be the beneficiaries of the change, but to be agents of it.

I had a lot of friends in high school, but I was never the wild party girl. Never have been, never plan to be!

I would wanna be a mermaid, but I think I'm a little bit more of a unicorn, because I'm like a little bit more horsey.

The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.

If i'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself.

I love being at home and cooking and baking.

Cheesecake Factory is great. It should have Michelin stars.

Dressing up is all about reflecting how I feel.

I think in high school there's so many cliques. You're never safe.

All I can do is share what I'm thinking - and learn from others.

We're all born feeling perfect until somebody tells us we're not. So there's nothing I can teach my daughter. She already has all of it. The only thing I can do is protect what she already feels.

For me, I really feel like a character when I look like them.

One of the very few things that I do every single day is put on fragrance. If I'm not wearing makeup ... I still put my fragrance on. I will brush my teeth and put on my perfume.

Nobody's going to fight for you as much as you fight for yourself.

I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 17. There were boys at school that I would find out later had a crush on me but I was too shy to talk to them.

People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won't be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves.

I think certain people are the way they are for certain reasons that we can't necessarily judge without knowing.

The idea that a child doesn't have the opportunity to be a child is devastating.

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design. And then Gossip Girl completely blew open the door to fashion for me.

Because I have some amazing shoes and bags and stories that need to be appreciated.

People ask me why I don't tweet. Honestly, I'm so sick of myself.

When I have bad days, I just eat lots of chocolate ice cream and dance to the Lion King soundtrack. It's really odd, but it's true.

When I saw my first movie, I was fine, but I thought, "Oh, my heavens. It's not about just standing there on my mark and saying these lines. I need to actually act."

I love scuba diving. I'm an avid diver. And, there's this beautiful world that's more incredible than any CGI film we could ever make, that we're destroying, for what? It's heartbreaking to me.

I feel like there are so many people I admire for so many reasons that I can't look at one person's life and say, "I want that life." I want to make my own history.

I didn't have an agent. I would just write down that I was with my brother's agency, and then the agency would get calls and say that they had no idea who I was.

I think for a lot of people, acting becomes a lifestyle, especially when you're living in Los Angeles.

I have a big family and no one ever treated me like a child. They always treated me like an adult, like an equal.

I never think about how other people will respond to the way I dress.

I've never worked with an acting coach, but my parents had acting classes and I grew up around them my whole life just because I didn't have a babysitter.

I feel like all I've done lately is play really sexually-charged drug addicts. I don't know what's wrong with me. I've gotta go to Disneyland more and get more excitement.

I think if you're going to get a tattoo, it should be significant, especially when it's all the way up your arms and your body.

Election made me more aware, more conscious, more sensitive. Not just of sexism but of discrimination in all areas - class, gender, race. I had realized that there were problems .

I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing I wanted to do.

You could spend your life trying to uncover all the treasures in New Orleans and not even scratch the surface. It's such an amazing place.

I actually think that craft service was the reason I got into acting: the free food. I literally remember on my first job being like, "Yes! I get to have craft service every day!"

I always want to wear clothes that my children will one day look back on and say, 'Oh, you looked amazing - why didn't you keep that?' Not, 'Oh my God - I can't believe you wore that.'

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

If people could walk around in suits of energy, that would be cool. Other than that, I don't think men should wear spandex.

Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She's such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character.

So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life.

The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of the holidays.

Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

The Green Lantern is a unique superhero because it's not that he's super that is his focus it's that he's a man. He's very human. That's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness.

I need good friends who can say, 'I love you to death, but you look terrible in that, and you need to change right now.'

Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.

My dad was an English professor.

I really don't like the gym. I like experiences, so I take any chance I get to go on a bicycle or on a hike.

I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.