There are several words to describe starlet Blake Lively and all of them are pretty fabulous.
She’s constantly reinventing the wheel and doing things we don’t expect.
Let’s take a look at Lively’s transformation throughout the years.
I left prom last night to come here."
And Lively wasn’t the first to think about her looks either.
I don’t like people to see that.
I’m such a dork.
I’m such a loser."
How she held her own
The year 2006 brought a different kind of movie for 18-year-old Lively.
She starred in the movieAccepted, along with comedy pros Justin Long and Jonah Hill.
Beauty, brains and a sense of humor?
However, 20-year-old Lively felt she was a bit different from her teen socialite character.
I grew up in a small little town in California Burbank.
In fact, even with fame right in front of her, Lively always kept things in perspective.Speaking withCosmoGIRL!
(viaPeople), Lively described the film industry as “crazy” and “completely insane.
Serious props to Lively for always keeping things in perspective.
That sounds like the best job ever.
And Lively definitely agreed.
You have always worn it well, Lively!
He continued to say that clients “don’t just want the hair, they want the life.”
And how did 22-year-old Lively feel about this trend?
As a girl who avoided the crazy Hollywood life, she was not expecting quite the buzz.
I thought if it was true acting, you had to do that.”
But Lively soon learned from working on more films that it wasn’t the case.
She said she realized, “Wow, you don’t have to be really tortured.
You also don’t have to be really happy between takes.
It’s whatever works for you.”
Lively described this moment of realization as “really eye-opening.”
Lively put herself totally into the character, but also realized when she needed to separate.
She said, “You definitely feel the pressure.
And Lively didn’t take the role to boost up her already fantastic career.
That’s how I feel.”
The actress was able to set aside her relationship drama and show how important her craft was to her.
Could she be any cooler?
In 2012, the actress starred with an impressive cast in the filmSavages.
Hayek and Lively in the same movie?
That’s so much girl power in one place, and we fully support that.
That situation may sound unusual, but Lively’s reasoning made total sense.
“I loved the clothes.
One of my favorite parts is always designing the character.
It’s actually really a good secret, if you don’t look like her or talk like her.
So, it was a really weird personal challenge, shooting this.”
OnceGossip Girlwas over, Lively had some more time.
In 2013, the 26-year-old started to share news about a website she was working on.
And Lively wanted to make it clear this was not about her.
Lively had done her research.
“I see what happens in the world of female entrepreneurs and I see what the media does.
And that they pit women against each other and there’s anor should women stick to this or this?
The site officially launched in August of 2014… andwas shut down by October 2015.
There’s more to this story below.
Acting as her own stylist
Lively is one of a kind when it comes to her fashion.
And that’s mostly because she’s the one who picks out those fashion pieces.
It would be like making a cake and then handing it off to someone else to ice and decorate.
Why would you do that?”
But a big part of being on-point is knowing what doesn’t work, too.
I just start to look like the cargo part of an airplane."
Again, very hard to believe that’s the case, but we trust in Lively’s word.
Unfortunately, she didn’t.
I haven’t created something that is as true and impactful as I know it can and will be.
Okay, that may not be exactly true, but it feels pretty close.
She continued to work on her website in the background.
That’s where my heart is.
That’s where my everything is."
And don’t think her acting career is slowing down either.
And Lively was focused on the importance of this film.
From family to business to movies, Lively is constantly keeping busy and challenging herself in new ways.
She is one celebrity with whom it’s tough to predict what she’ll do next.
But one thing we do now is that there’s a good chance it will be fantastic.
Keep it up, Lively.
We can’t wait to see what’s next for you.
