My dad was an English professor.
BLAKE LIVELYAfter my first year on ‘Gossip Girl,’ everybody said, ‘You’ve got to do a big commercial movie, ride this wave.’
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One of the very few things that I do every single day is put on fragrance. If I’m not wearing make-up, if my hair’s not done, if I’m walking around in pyjamas – I still put my fragrance on. I will brush my teeth and put on my perfume.
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Each day, I choose my age.
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I’ve kissed just three people in my life, other than stuff that I’ve done for TV or movies. I know – I’m weird!
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My whole family’s been in the business. My whole family is crazy.
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Design, whether it’s on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It’s mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected patterns – elements that you wouldn’t often put together in an interesting way.
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If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, then it was never yours to begin with.
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I 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.
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When I moved to New York, I started switching fragrances. Between different seasons I would change fragrance, or if I was going out for a big fancy night versus going out in the daytime. But I also found that I was changing and growing so much.
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My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.
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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.
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I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.
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I 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.
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If I could pass along anything that my mother or my sisters taught me, I feel like my kids would be very well off.
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If I wasn’t an actress, I’d be a chef. I’d love to open a restaurant.
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To be around me, you must love food, or I’m the most obnoxious person you’ve ever met.
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I went straight from high school to ‘Gossip Girl,’ and both were very structured, scheduled environments, so I never had freedom to explore and carve my own path.
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The New York that Frank Sinatra sang about, people will never know that place. The New Orleans that Louis Armstrong sang about is the New Orleans that’s still there – it’s preserved.
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You have to love it more than you ever thought of loving something that wasn’t a human being. The demands will kick you down and rob your life – but yet, it is so rewarding.
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Martha Stewart’s my idol.
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I always like hair being a little messy because I think there’s something appealing about the whimsy of putting on a gown with any hair or make-up – just stepping into it, and you’re ready.
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I always love somebody who makes me laugh, who’s fun to be with.
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My mom taught me this really great beauty tip. She used to put oil or mayonnaise on the bottom half of her hair before she would shower.
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I can’t believe we’re being paid to live in New York.
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Often you see people on the red carpet with tight up-dos, but that makes me feel stiff.
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I tend to like to make my statements more in fashion than in beauty, because what I normally respond to is when someone looks really effortless and deconstructed, beauty-wise, and they’re fashion is really grand. Someone like Kate Moss is a great example.
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There are looks that I see on other people that I think would look horrible on me, but I think if somebody has the courage to be really daring and try something outlandish, then more power to them. That’s just encouraging and inspiring.
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