My mother had very humble beginnings – to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut down on their land. No heat, no air-conditioning – ‘no foolishness,’ as he would call it.
BLAKE LIVELYMy mother had very humble beginnings – to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut down on their land. No heat, no air-conditioning – ‘no foolishness,’ as he would call it.
BLAKE LIVELYI had the Buffalo shoes, a customised Baby Spice necklace – when I say custom-made, it was made out of plastic from the local mall – and a Union Jack dress.
BLAKE LIVELYActually, I’m happiest in Williams-Sonoma in New York. That’s a wonderful cooking store.
BLAKE LIVELYEvery relationship you have, you’re learning and growing and taking something from that.
BLAKE LIVELYI have a strong sense of myself. That gives me a sense of security, you know?
BLAKE LIVELYI had a premonition when I was nine that I’d marry Leonardo DiCaprio.
BLAKE LIVELYHonestly, I’m so sick of myself.
BLAKE LIVELYMy anonymity is something I treasure.
BLAKE LIVELYIf I define myself by things that are always changing, like the public’s opinion, or what I’m wearing, or what job I’m doing, there’s no stability in that.
BLAKE LIVELYI feel a lot. I get really bad stomachaches all the time. So I went to a doctor, and he said, ‘You’re a feeler.’ I take on people’s pain a little too much.
BLAKE LIVELYThe 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.
BLAKE LIVELYI would have to read the script and feel for a character. And if I feel in my gut for a character, I know that that’s somebody I have to play.
BLAKE LIVELYI 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.’
BLAKE LIVELYI can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized. It’s a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming.
BLAKE LIVELYOften you see people on the red carpet with tight up-dos, but that makes me feel stiff.
BLAKE LIVELYThere is something about New Orleans that embodies passion; I’ve never seen that before.
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