Blake Lively quotes:

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.

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.

I don't really need a personal trainer or watch what I eat. I can't start the day without a hot chocolate or finish it without a few squares of dark chocolate. It's good for my mood!

When I was a child, I probably should have been medicated about my obsession with The Spice Girls. I 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.

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.

Scents evoke very, very powerful memories, whether it's the scent of someone that you know and someone that you love, or if it's a meal that your mother made.

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.

Forget the fake syrupy stuff. Melt down a bar of chocolate, mix it into some warmed up whipping cream, and put it on top of ice cream. Add some sprinkles, and you've got a delicious treat.

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 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.

I'll never forget the time my mother showed up with her best friend and two daughters, and all four of us dressed up in matching clothes, shoes and hats to go pick up my brother from school. I thought it was a fun thing to do, but we stepped outside my brother's school and he was mortified!

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.

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

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 at any age or any social class, that's present.

You can't be an entrepreneur for other people. You can't start a company for other people. 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.

I'm passionate about anything I align myself with. You want to talk about chocolate chip cookies? I'm not going to open a chocolate chip cookie store, but I will talk your ear off about it.

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.

It is hard that people don't just let you do your job for them and entertain, and then carry on your own life.

When I see old movies with women in floor-length dressing gowns, or when they're going to the store and they've got a pillbox hat with a net over the eyes and white gloves, I'm offended that I can't go to the store like that.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is just perfect-looking. Whether she's walking down the street, she looks so regal and elegant all the time, and I love that.

My first child is going to be the oldest sibling to the next kid, and that may change with each and every year. I'm looking forward to how one baby influences the other, and to my family as a whole, to every single chapter.

My hair is a safety net for me, so I love to have it down and full and relaxed.

When you shampoo your hair, you're trying to get the oil out of your roots, but you really want the rest of your hair to maintain its moisture. When you put coconut oil on the ends, the shampoo gets oil out of the roots, but also protects the ends.

I wear a lot more glitter around the holidays, so I'm always wearing different glitter nail polish or fun metallic eye shadow. It's the holidays - everything is more twinkly and celebratory.

I grew up with the mindset that when you get home from work, you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to be going to a club and taking off my panties.

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.

I've always been a night owl.

My family is probably too involved in my life because they are my best friends, but I love that.

I was in a show choir. I can't sing or dance to save my life, but I was very passionate. People said my parents paid the choir director to let me in. It was actually the parents who started that one!

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

My mom is a huge woman of worth for me because she's been my idol my whole life. My mom was someone who juggled everything. She had her own career, she raised five kids, she was Superwoman... and she was never satisfied doing just one thing because... she probably just had too much energy.

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.'

Since my kitchen is the most important part of my home, I want to be creative and innovative, not only in its aesthetic, but also in the tools that I'm using to cook.

I should hope I dress differently at 25 than I did when I graduated high school. I hope I never stop changing.

I don't believe that there's a good guy and a bad guy. Unless it's like Superman or Batman, there is no good guy and bad guy.

I love layering things. Fall is my favorite time of the year to get dressed.

I've never really had a competitive relationship in any work situation.

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

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

My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy.

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

My dad actually makes the best cookies. My mum is great baker, too, but doesn't share them - it's tantalising! Luckily for me though, my dad shares his!

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

I love a challenge.

My mom would have different fragrances for different times of the year. They were a part of her identity. I don't remember the specific ones she used, but I remember the bottles.

I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes.

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.

What do you do with your best friend? You do nothing.

I was class president, on the cheerleading squad, in a competitive show choir, and in, like, six different clubs.

I'm lucky enough to lead a very active life, so I'm always on the go.

You know that old saying, 'A way to a man's heart is through his stomach' - that's me.

The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.

I came from a big family... a big family of Southerners.

I love being at home and cooking and baking.

After my first year on 'Gossip Girl,' everybody said, 'You've got to do a big commercial movie, ride this wave.'

If a guy can play Guitar Hero with me and sit at home and watch the Food Network and read magazines with me, that's good. I don't think there are many guys that's fun for. It's a lot to ask.

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.

There are days when I will be like, 'Oh my goodness, I am not happy with the way I look because I cannot fit into any of my clothes.' So I eat quinoa that week, and then I feel good.

I think I became my own stylist by not knowing any better.

People want things with meaning. I know that because I want that.

I love to have my hair down; I love to have my hair full... there's something romantic about it.

My greatest passion is my personal life.

I'm so used to being within 10 minutes of my family.

People just wanna talk. They wanna create negative things about you and your life and make up things. You can't let them affect you!

What can I say? I feel good when I'm wearing heels. I feel sexier, attractive.

I feel shy when people are fussing on me.

If you want someone to miss you, go secretly and spray your fragrance somewhere.

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.

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

Cheesecake Factory is great. It should have Michelin stars.

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

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.

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.

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. Thats just encouraging and inspiring.

I think it's very attractive when people cook. So I don't wear sweatpants. When you dress sexy to cook, too, it's like, damn, I got a girl who can cook and look like that? And I always have really cute aprons.

I first started wearing fragrance when I was thirteen or fourteen, and the smell was candy-like. They were in very colorful bottles, like turquoise and pink. By the time I was sixteen or seventeen, it got more girly and more floral.

Soy lattes get me through my day!

I have smuggled so many ingredients across so many borders, like shallot confit from Thailand, or a new sauce from New Orleans not approved by the FDA.

You can learn a lot from criticism if you can take what's constructive out of it. If you read a review that starts with, 'This person is an idiot; who do they think they are?', you're not going to learn anything from that.

You rock so, you rock so, you dip so, you dip so, you skank so, you skank so, and don't be no drag! You come so, you come so, for reggae is another bag!

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

I don't really know how to describe my personal style.

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.

In the olden days, a couple could be in every movie together, but it's just not like that anymore.

My anonymity is something I treasure.

I'm no editor, no artisan, no expert. And certainly no arbiter of what you should buy, wear, or eat.

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.

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.

All I need is my Chanel dress, my Louboutins, and some red lipstick.

In high school, there are so many cliques. You're never safe.

I was raised in California, so this whole New York winter thing is completely new for me. I've already justified buying seven coats!

There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep.

I had a premonition when I was nine that I'd marry Leonardo DiCaprio.

If I could spit out a litter of kids, I would.

Who doesn't want to be Martha Stewart?

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.

Fragrance is a bit of a selfish gift because it's comforting when you're near someone and you recognize their smell.

I kind of feel like I grew up at Disneyland.

There is something about New Orleans that embodies passion; I've never seen that before. There's something tangible about the essence of the city. You can taste and smell it.

It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap.

The Gucci woman can be the equestrian woman, the woman in the suit, the woman in the flowy bohemian dress, or the couture woman.

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!

I always appreciated the magnitude of my mother's imagination. She always saw beauty in what was broken, and she'd preserve it.

I think a pixie cut is so cute. I just think that everyone that has one is the most courageous person. It's so daring to do that! I get geeked out by people when they do that. They're awesome. Would I do it? Maybe.

I want to get involved in causes I believe in, and I know so many others that want to also get involved, but it's hard to know how. Often, it's through big organisations, and you don't know exactly where your money is going or what effect you are having.

I have a tight-knit Southern family.

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.

Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.

It's definitely attractive when a man can dress well.

I can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized. It's a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming.

You can't really go wrong as long as you're true to yourself.

I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.

I'd rather be by myself than be spending any time or energy on somebody that I didn't feel sure about.

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.

I grew up in L.A., but I was the only one in my family born there.

If I wasn't an actress, I'd be a chef. I'd love to open a restaurant.

Dressing up is all about reflecting how I feel.

Everyone likes to tell stories. And gossip is, of course, even more exciting, if you know the people. But if the gossip's about yourself, it's very weird. They once wrote about me that I had been clubbing with some guys. At the moment I'm a victim and that hurts because it's not me who does something like that. Such stories are just unfair.

Harrison Ford is a great actor and he's and lovely man and a great father and all of these things, I got to just meet him as a person and someone I respect as an actor.I'd never seen any 'Indiana Jones' movies or 'Star Wars' movies. My husband made me watch the Indiana Jones trilogy, I just was like fanboy Comic-Con geeked out. It was amazing I didn't show up to set with a whip and a hat.