My goal on the show was to be professional. But sometimes you cant help who you have a connection with, and you can only fight it for so long - which I did for a really, really long time. Nina Dobrev More Quotes by Nina Dobrev More Quotes From Nina Dobrev Sometimes, the only way to discover who we are, is by figuring out who we are not. Nina Dobrev who-we-are sometimes way I don't like any kind of negativity. I try to be good to everyone, whether it's a love, a friend, an ex. I'll always try to treat people the way I want to be treated. Nina Dobrev inspirational love friendship It's good to be challenged, to keep moving forward, and keep being inspired and scared. I feel like, if you're not afraid of something, you shouldn't do it. If you're just coasting through things, what's the point? You're not learning. Nina Dobrev encouraging courage fear Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun. Nina Dobrev growing-up should fun I don't need a boyfriend to be happy. If I meet someone and I want to be with him, then I will be. I'm very confident in being single until I find someone who I'm extremely crazy about and who I want to devote my time and love to. Until then, I will just be on my own and I am totally fine with that. Nina Dobrev time-and-love being-single crazy I literally pass out when I see blood. Nina Dobrev blood I do think it's important to be smiling and not make it all about business. You'll look back and regret it later, if you don't take advantage of your youth and your ability to travel. And it gives you something to pull from and inspiration to play your characters, and for your life and your development as a human being. Nina Dobrev regret inspiration character 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. Nina Dobrev college want trying Actually... I'm starting a new thing and rebelling against ridiculously high heels. It's inhumane. Nina Dobrev inhumane starting high-heels In my day-to-day life, I'm kind of a tomboy. I like being comfortable. Nina Dobrev day-life day-to-day kind I want to do things where the talent range is difficult and that scare me. I thrive on that; if it's not scaring me then I'm not growing. Nina Dobrev scare growing want I only want to keep moving up and up in terms of quality and be careful with perception. I don't just want to do things that are the pretty girl with lots of makeup, I want to get into the gritty stuff and get down and dirty and dark and really feed my soul and not my vanity. Nina Dobrev girl dirty moving 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. Nina Dobrev romance losing people 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. Nina Dobrev girl real fun You either have chemistry or you don't, but a lot of what attracts me is a guy's mind and humor and talent. I need to get to know all those things before I fall for someone. I'm not a one-night-stand kind of girl. I'm a relationship girl. Nina Dobrev girl night fall 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. Nina Dobrev enjoy-life unhappy want I love fashion, and I love clothes, and so collaborating and putting pieces together is a passion that I have. Nina Dobrev clothes passion fashion I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's happening, it's incredible. I do a lot of other things, too. I'm not stuck in this little world. I'm aware that we're in the middle of an economic crisis in the U.S. There's a lot going on in the world, and I'm really happy and excited about what I have and I don't take it for granted. I'm pretty lucky. Nina Dobrev lucky dream thinking People feel like they know you when you're in their living room, weekly, for five years. But I always get uncomfortable when people know more about me than I know about them. Nina Dobrev people rooms years 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.' Nina Dobrev buckets girl way
