Explore Quotes by Nina Dobrev

When I work out, I feel happy, confident, and accomplished.

Running is my solo time; working my muscles outside in fresh air is therapeutic.

I do a lot of yoga. I practice yoga three or four times a week. It's an escape for me.

Starving to be skinny isn't my thing. When I don't eat, it affects my mood! On-set, I fuel up with small meals and I'm always grabbing high-protein snacks, like almonds. Chai lattes with espresso also keep me going.

I mean, I love to try and cook. I'm pretty good, but I'm not saying I'm great.

Every woman wants and needs different things. It's always best when you're honest and you speak up. It's hard to read minds.

In my day-to-day life, I'm kind of a tomboy. I like being comfortable.

I haven't personally in my real life had many people close to me die, but my characters have, and I've had to live that as though it's real. And it can take a really big emotional toll on someone.

To be honest, I don't watch a lot of TV. It's kind of ironic because I'm on TV.

Part of life and part of the enjoyment of life is a croissant and a chocolate cake and eggs and milkshakes and oatmeal. There's so many things, you have to learn to appreciate it all. When I don't eat as much as I should, I'm not fun to be around; I'm fussy.

People aren't defined by their relationships. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships.

My love can't be purchased Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises.

My whole mentality is that I eat what I want within moderation, and I have a little bit of everything. If you deprive yourself, you get moody and unhappy, and you have to enjoy life.

My way of discovering of what I like was to create a restaurant list and eat my way through it, and I call it my 'inner fat girl bucket list.'

I try not to read best-dressed lists or anything like that. For every good thing, there will often be a not-so-nice thing people would say.

I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room.

There's nothing worse than sleeping in makeup. You wake up looking like a painting that's been left out in a rainstorm.

I really want to be associated with great projects and character driven projects and films. I have to feed my soul, and keep feeling like an artist and keep being challenged.

I've reached a point where I'm comfortable in my own skin, and I do what I need to do, to feel good, but I'm built the way I am. The dancer's feet, the bruises on my legs, they're not going to go away. I think real girls have bruises. Tough chicks get bruised. They get dirty. And they have fun.

The 'Degrassi' producers were very supportive. They sent me flowers when I got 'The Vampire Diaries,' and then as soon as it premiered and got the great numbers that it did, I got another large bouquet of flowers from them. Every time I go back to Toronto, I see them and hang out with them.

I have one mascara that I use religiously, and I refuse to try anything else, and if they discontinued it I would probably cry. Cover Girl lash blast, in the orange tube.