Leighton Meester Quotes

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

Follow your gut and your heart. You'll almost always make the right choice.

Don't try to be anything but yourself, and find success as yourself. Otherwise, you won't be happy.

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

Forgive thyself little, and others much.

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.

Just have a little bit of something that you want. Don't overdo it.

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.

If you get a wrinkle, I don't feel that's indicative of your losing ground. That's ridiculous.

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

Everyone has this universal understanding of roommate drama.

Being a feminist simply means you believe in equal rights, and I think if you ask anybody if they believe in equal rights, they'll say yes, man or woman. And if they don't - who the heck would say that?

I don't even think about fame at all.

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

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 love Edith Wharton. And I love old New York. Anything to do with New York.

I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly.

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

I think guys who are rebels and make their own rules are appealing.

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

I love New York. You're never alone, but you're always on your own.

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

I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame.

I don't want fame. I want to grow as an actor and a person while having my family and my life.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

I never wear makeup when I'm not at work. It can make you forget what you look like, and I've grown to really love the way I look without it.

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

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

I'm so accustomed to being alone.

I never played sports. I wasn't any good at them.

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

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.

Success to me is being happy, truly fulfilled, being proud of myself, and doing different things all the time.

I think love changes you over time, and whether you have good or bad experiences, you always grow and learn from them.

I'm proud of the work that I've done. I don't care what people label me as.

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

I feel like my friends are in a cult because we're like, 'No outsiders!

There's no sense in trying to be or look like anyone other than yourself.

It'll be kids next. I like the grown-up stuff. I like having a house. I've got dogs.

Be yourself. The happiest and most successful people are those who feel the most comfortable with themselves.

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

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.

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

Honestly, all I ever do is work.

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 love live music and I love to see people's faces when I'm performing.

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.

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.

Never give up. In the end it'll all be worth it.

I've been so blessed to work with the people I have.

I don't want to have a friend unless I can call them one of my best friends.

I've been through a lot as far as love.

I really like to be able to have variety and to try different things - that's the beauty of fashion.

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

Figure out what works for you and what doesn't.

I don't know if it'd be any time soon but I'd really like to work on a collaboration with somebody - I always have ideas for stuff like that.

You can't judge anyone for what they've done, because people change.

I'm excited to start a new chapter in my life.

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

I couldn't be happier.

I don't want to pursue someone at all - I want someone to pursue me.

I really like those days when I can just wear sweatpants, to be honest. And when I'm actually going to go somewhere, I like to be comfortable and casual. If I'm doing something a little more fashion, going a little bit further. It's about expressing yourself and being comfortable and wearing what you like.

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!