Leighton Meester's Quotes

When I don't have to be at work, I want to be the real me - the comfortable me!

When I'm singing a song, I picture somebody in particular. A lot of it is to a guy.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

I love my parents very much, but people either continue or break the patterns of what their life should be and I just want to completely break whatever patterns would lead me to the same life choices that they made.

I remember looking through magazines or watching movies even just a couple of years ago and being like, 'I really want to be part of that,' but not realizing what that was.

When I do get free time, I spend a lot of it at home with my family and my close friends and I think that's what keeps me happy, healthy, grounded, and totally in check.

High school for me was not all that fun. I think it's a lot more fun after when you realize that high school ends, and everything that's important at that time is sort of not important if people don't like your jeans or whatever. It doesn't matter.

I had a bunch of different hair colors. I was experimenting to see what I liked. It started off brown, then I did red, then I got really, really blonde!

I haven't ever really relied on relationships with guys. They come around and it's cool, but it's never been a big thing. I guess I've just been really distracted by work.

I just go at my own pace and I like control of the TV and I like to decide when I take a shower and wash the dishes and stuff like that. So I don't know who would want to live with me to be honest!

I want a family someday and I know that I have to let love in to create that and I think there is someone out there for me, but I'm not on some crazy hunt for that right now.

I've gotten to wear such beautiful clothes and had such a variety and it's just been so nice because I feel like I've grown so much with my style and everything because I've been able to have fun with it. It's really fun for me.

It's wonderful to be in love. And it's definitely wonderful to cuddle and have sex and get to experience life with somebody. But it's OK if you don't find him and you're 24. You can find it someday.

You can take what is handed to you and use it as an excuse to mess up. But I've always handled what was given to me by life. I consider myself lucky. I was never lied to. And I was loved.

The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship.

I think you have to know how you feel when you're sad and it's healthy to mourn if a relationship ends.

I like to be judged by my family and friends because they know me.

Any fear of aging, I think, is simply vanity.

I believe in love, children and being a good person.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

Daily life shouldn't be a fashion show all the time.

Even when people are so judgmental about what you wear or your weight you just have to step away and be like, 'I'm a normal, fine human being.'

I look up to my mom. She's a beautiful woman.

I'm so accustomed to being alone.

I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt anybody.

I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things.

I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books.

I'm a grown woman and sometimes, I might be a little fat, you know? Am I alone there? Not really.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

In this world, everyone wants to know everything about you, and I think that's funny.

You know how you're supposed to choose between playing up your eyes or your lips? I always choose lips. I love the drama.

A nutritionist helps me eat healthily at home.

Everyone has this universal understanding of roommate drama.

Guys who are unavailable are actually a dream come true for me because I'm unavailable all the time. It's great they're not down your throat.

Honestly, all I ever do is work.

I always change my hair, but I don't like haircuts!

I couldn't be happier.

I couldn't relate to kid stuff. 'Jimmy doesn't like me!' Who cares? I was worried we didn't have gas money or food. Those were my concerns.

I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.