Leighton: (on the Rockefeller Center Garden Rooftop) This would definitely work as a toon location. Who doesn't love a pool and a lawn in Manhattan?
Leighton: Donatella is, like, kind of the shit.
Leighton: (On 'Gossip Girl') It's mature, but I feel like it speaks to kids and it doesn't white wash anything.
Leighton: (On her love life) I am so good at keeping it not complicated.
Leighton: (On what she did for Valentines Day.) I was in Toronto and spent the dag there. I got a couples massage with my castmate Nicole Fiscella. We went back to L.A., a friend of mine came over and we watched a movie together.
Leighton: (on high school in general) I think the biggest thing to know is things aren't as bad as they seem. Your boyfriend seems like the last one you'll ever have and the love of your life, your vrienden and their drama seems so important - but it's not.
Leighton: (on her headbands she wears as Blair) I love them! I love all of it! Whenever I'm getting ready to go on set and I'm in the full outfit, that's when I feel like I'm truly the character. I love the school uniform, and of course headbands are always in style when it comes to the show.
Leighton: (on experimenting with her hair color) I dyed it every color. I dyed it brand engine red and that didn't work out. It also had it black and red streaks.
Leighton: I went through so many phases in high school that I can't say exactly what my style was. A combination of just rolling out of bed and going to class and kind of defying my femininity door wearing sweatshirts with holes in them, never wearing heels of skirts. Also, all black almost all the time.
Leighton: (on the kind of trouble she got in as a teen) I've had a couple fender benders. And I'd always be out for one reason of another, sometimes working, sometimes ditching.
Leighton: I've been playing 16 of 17 [year-olds] for quite a few years - everyone does that. Hopefully I'll be playing that age for a few years. This is way meer fun than high school.
Leighton: I don't feel guilty at all if I'm just lying around, one of my best guilty pleasures is doing absolutely nothing.
Leighton: People say blondes have meer fun. I really don't think it's about your hair, it's about how u feel on the inside. I say it's the person who has the fun!
Leighton (on relationships): I am so good at keeping it not complicated.
Leighton: (About her character on "Gossip Girl", Blair) She's really dramatic and everybody thought she was a big teef - and she is - and that's really fun to play up. But she's also helped me learn a lot about myself, because she can be really sensitive and insecure and vulnerable. That makes it such a wonderful and challenging role.
Leighton: Writing poetry is one of my favoriete things to do and I always find time for it. There are things that I write about most that are just kind of like everyday thoughts that I have, things that come into my mind.
Leighton (on Blair): I know she's the bitchy one. But she's a good girl. The funny thing is she's not like a normal character on one of these types of shows. Usually the bad girl is the bitch. It's interesting and she's actually a real girl. Of course she does and says the most outrageous things that u would never even think to do in real life.
Leighton: The meer and meer I go on I can't tell if I'm becoming meer like Blair of if Blair's becoming meer like me. I feel like they're writing for us. I mean I feel like I've had to put myself into her so that I like her. I couldn't play a character I didn't like of sympathize with.
Leighton: My nickname use to be Happy Feet. If I'm standing there and muziek is playing on set, I'll be doing this. People used to be like, 'Why are u Happy Feet? u need to stop that now.'
Leighton (on her upcoming CD): I write the lyrics and I collaborate with my friend and producer... Shahine Ezell.
Leighton (on the type of songs on her upcoming CD): [On] some of them I just talk, I do a little – not rapping – but talking, sort of spoken word. It's a little Fergie, a little like Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.
Leighton (on spiteful gossip): I've learned to let things roll off my back. If people say negative things, I could care less, but I let it give me a boost of confidence if they're saying nice things.
Leighton (on who she thinks Gossip Girl is): I have my suspicions...If I had to guess, I was thinking it could be Chuck. He seems just evil enough to say those things.
Leighton (on playing Blair): I feel like I'm becoming meer like her and she's becoming meer like me. She's young and vulnerable, but also smart and feisty. She's pretty funny and very strong-willed. Then there are other things I don't relate to and I feel like she'll grow out of, like her insecurities and self-doubt.
Leighton (on gossip): I don't (deal with gossip). This comes from maturing and growing up, but I've learned to let things roll off my back. If people say negative things, I could care less. But I let it give me a boost of confidence if they're saying nice things. If the press says anything, I see it as a plus because at least people are paying attention and watching the show.
Leighton (on the acting business): [It's] fierce and discouraging. But I think u can grow out of that, especially if u realize the only way u find success is: Figure out what works for u and what doesn't.
Leighton: When u verplaats from Florida to New York, you're in for a big shock.
Leighton (about her Gossip Girl character, Blair): She's not the girl volgende door and she's not the run-of-the-mill teef either.
Leighton: I'm really close to Chace. We're really good friends. [Along with] Nicole [Fiscella], who plays Isabel on the show. We're all just really happy people. We have the same aantal keer bekeken on life.
Leighton: There's butterflies, definitely, but it's a good kind of nervous energy, because everybody's really starting to get to know each other, and starting something new that we really hope works out.
Leighton: The way Blair and I are NOT alike when it comes to insecurities is: SHE pays SO much attention to hers!
Leighton: [Competition] can be so fierce and discouraging. But I think u can grow out of that, especially if u realize the only way u find success is: Figure out what works for u and what doesn't.
Leighton: The only way to play Blair, of any character, and make her human, is to find what she is inside me, and I know I have my insecurities, too.
Leighton (on Blair): Blair's shortcomings are because of her insecurities. She feels all this pressure to be perfect: to be the most beautiful, the most popular, the most loved.
Leighton (on Blair): I can definitely relate to her.
Leighton (on Gossip Girl): I think the toon will be relatable to lots of girls and even grown women, and a guilty pleasure for guys!
Leighton (on waiting in her trailer to shoot): Like they say: The acting is for free. I get paid to wait.
Leighton (on saying mean things when she's portraying Blair): I actually really like it, I shouldn't enjoy it so much.
Leighton: I could almost compare them [spiders] to a weird looking mouse.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): When something like that happens, it’s meant to toon u that something so special, so important can be taken from u so easily.
Leighton: They [tarantulas] don’t understand commands. So, it’s not like when u say ‘Cut’ that they just stop moving and crawling all over you.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): Now he’s perfectly healthy and has been ever since.
Leighton: They [Chilean Rose Hairs spiders] walk slowly and are not imposing creatures at all.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): My mom remained strong enough to get him through that time and all I could do is to say, ‘Mommy, I love you, please don’t be sad.’
Leighton: I had this idea that the handler was taking care of the snake, he owns it and knows how to handle it. But when I started putting him [snake] on, the handler was telling me to be careful, not to make him mad!
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): I knew what was going on, but I didn’t totally understand. A doctor at Miami Children’s hospital operated and took out the tumor.
Leighton: Working with the snakes was a little bit meer nerve racking.
Leighton: They had spiderwranglers, which made me a little bit meer at ease, but the truth is that u can’t tame spiders.
Leighton: There are a lot of things to think about, but my mom just duif right in.
Leighton: My mother has been my manager ever since [moving to New York].
Leighton: It’s mind boggling to me to look back and think that I actually let anybody do that [wear a space suit covered with tarantulas] to me.
Leighton: Even the overhead like rent of parking your car, living in the city of out of city and paying less and having a commute.
Leighton: My mother always believed in me and tried to help me pursue my dreams.
Leighton: Up until that point I was a regular Florida kid.
Leighton: She [her mother] has a lot of faith in me.
Leighton (about working with Frank Perreti): It was cool having him around. He had a good amount of say about how things were going on the set.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): He doesn’t remember, but sometimes, he said, u know, I am meant to do something special. I was meant to live.
Leighton: Donatella is, like, kind of the shit.
Leighton: (On 'Gossip Girl') It's mature, but I feel like it speaks to kids and it doesn't white wash anything.
Leighton: (On her love life) I am so good at keeping it not complicated.
Leighton: (On what she did for Valentines Day.) I was in Toronto and spent the dag there. I got a couples massage with my castmate Nicole Fiscella. We went back to L.A., a friend of mine came over and we watched a movie together.
Leighton: (on high school in general) I think the biggest thing to know is things aren't as bad as they seem. Your boyfriend seems like the last one you'll ever have and the love of your life, your vrienden and their drama seems so important - but it's not.
Leighton: (on her headbands she wears as Blair) I love them! I love all of it! Whenever I'm getting ready to go on set and I'm in the full outfit, that's when I feel like I'm truly the character. I love the school uniform, and of course headbands are always in style when it comes to the show.
Leighton: (on experimenting with her hair color) I dyed it every color. I dyed it brand engine red and that didn't work out. It also had it black and red streaks.
Leighton: I went through so many phases in high school that I can't say exactly what my style was. A combination of just rolling out of bed and going to class and kind of defying my femininity door wearing sweatshirts with holes in them, never wearing heels of skirts. Also, all black almost all the time.
Leighton: (on the kind of trouble she got in as a teen) I've had a couple fender benders. And I'd always be out for one reason of another, sometimes working, sometimes ditching.
Leighton: I've been playing 16 of 17 [year-olds] for quite a few years - everyone does that. Hopefully I'll be playing that age for a few years. This is way meer fun than high school.
Leighton: I don't feel guilty at all if I'm just lying around, one of my best guilty pleasures is doing absolutely nothing.
Leighton: People say blondes have meer fun. I really don't think it's about your hair, it's about how u feel on the inside. I say it's the person who has the fun!
Leighton (on relationships): I am so good at keeping it not complicated.
Leighton: (About her character on "Gossip Girl", Blair) She's really dramatic and everybody thought she was a big teef - and she is - and that's really fun to play up. But she's also helped me learn a lot about myself, because she can be really sensitive and insecure and vulnerable. That makes it such a wonderful and challenging role.
Leighton: Writing poetry is one of my favoriete things to do and I always find time for it. There are things that I write about most that are just kind of like everyday thoughts that I have, things that come into my mind.
Leighton (on Blair): I know she's the bitchy one. But she's a good girl. The funny thing is she's not like a normal character on one of these types of shows. Usually the bad girl is the bitch. It's interesting and she's actually a real girl. Of course she does and says the most outrageous things that u would never even think to do in real life.
Leighton: The meer and meer I go on I can't tell if I'm becoming meer like Blair of if Blair's becoming meer like me. I feel like they're writing for us. I mean I feel like I've had to put myself into her so that I like her. I couldn't play a character I didn't like of sympathize with.
Leighton: My nickname use to be Happy Feet. If I'm standing there and muziek is playing on set, I'll be doing this. People used to be like, 'Why are u Happy Feet? u need to stop that now.'
Leighton (on her upcoming CD): I write the lyrics and I collaborate with my friend and producer... Shahine Ezell.
Leighton (on the type of songs on her upcoming CD): [On] some of them I just talk, I do a little – not rapping – but talking, sort of spoken word. It's a little Fergie, a little like Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.
Leighton (on spiteful gossip): I've learned to let things roll off my back. If people say negative things, I could care less, but I let it give me a boost of confidence if they're saying nice things.
Leighton (on who she thinks Gossip Girl is): I have my suspicions...If I had to guess, I was thinking it could be Chuck. He seems just evil enough to say those things.
Leighton (on playing Blair): I feel like I'm becoming meer like her and she's becoming meer like me. She's young and vulnerable, but also smart and feisty. She's pretty funny and very strong-willed. Then there are other things I don't relate to and I feel like she'll grow out of, like her insecurities and self-doubt.
Leighton (on gossip): I don't (deal with gossip). This comes from maturing and growing up, but I've learned to let things roll off my back. If people say negative things, I could care less. But I let it give me a boost of confidence if they're saying nice things. If the press says anything, I see it as a plus because at least people are paying attention and watching the show.
Leighton (on the acting business): [It's] fierce and discouraging. But I think u can grow out of that, especially if u realize the only way u find success is: Figure out what works for u and what doesn't.
Leighton: When u verplaats from Florida to New York, you're in for a big shock.
Leighton (about her Gossip Girl character, Blair): She's not the girl volgende door and she's not the run-of-the-mill teef either.
Leighton: I'm really close to Chace. We're really good friends. [Along with] Nicole [Fiscella], who plays Isabel on the show. We're all just really happy people. We have the same aantal keer bekeken on life.
Leighton: There's butterflies, definitely, but it's a good kind of nervous energy, because everybody's really starting to get to know each other, and starting something new that we really hope works out.
Leighton: The way Blair and I are NOT alike when it comes to insecurities is: SHE pays SO much attention to hers!
Leighton: [Competition] can be so fierce and discouraging. But I think u can grow out of that, especially if u realize the only way u find success is: Figure out what works for u and what doesn't.
Leighton: The only way to play Blair, of any character, and make her human, is to find what she is inside me, and I know I have my insecurities, too.
Leighton (on Blair): Blair's shortcomings are because of her insecurities. She feels all this pressure to be perfect: to be the most beautiful, the most popular, the most loved.
Leighton (on Blair): I can definitely relate to her.
Leighton (on Gossip Girl): I think the toon will be relatable to lots of girls and even grown women, and a guilty pleasure for guys!
Leighton (on waiting in her trailer to shoot): Like they say: The acting is for free. I get paid to wait.
Leighton (on saying mean things when she's portraying Blair): I actually really like it, I shouldn't enjoy it so much.
Leighton: I could almost compare them [spiders] to a weird looking mouse.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): When something like that happens, it’s meant to toon u that something so special, so important can be taken from u so easily.
Leighton: They [tarantulas] don’t understand commands. So, it’s not like when u say ‘Cut’ that they just stop moving and crawling all over you.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): Now he’s perfectly healthy and has been ever since.
Leighton: They [Chilean Rose Hairs spiders] walk slowly and are not imposing creatures at all.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): My mom remained strong enough to get him through that time and all I could do is to say, ‘Mommy, I love you, please don’t be sad.’
Leighton: I had this idea that the handler was taking care of the snake, he owns it and knows how to handle it. But when I started putting him [snake] on, the handler was telling me to be careful, not to make him mad!
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): I knew what was going on, but I didn’t totally understand. A doctor at Miami Children’s hospital operated and took out the tumor.
Leighton: Working with the snakes was a little bit meer nerve racking.
Leighton: They had spiderwranglers, which made me a little bit meer at ease, but the truth is that u can’t tame spiders.
Leighton: There are a lot of things to think about, but my mom just duif right in.
Leighton: My mother has been my manager ever since [moving to New York].
Leighton: It’s mind boggling to me to look back and think that I actually let anybody do that [wear a space suit covered with tarantulas] to me.
Leighton: Even the overhead like rent of parking your car, living in the city of out of city and paying less and having a commute.
Leighton: My mother always believed in me and tried to help me pursue my dreams.
Leighton: Up until that point I was a regular Florida kid.
Leighton: She [her mother] has a lot of faith in me.
Leighton (about working with Frank Perreti): It was cool having him around. He had a good amount of say about how things were going on the set.
Leighton (about her younger brother having a brain tumor): He doesn’t remember, but sometimes, he said, u know, I am meant to do something special. I was meant to live.