Top 80 Nina Dobrev Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.”

— Nina Dobrev

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2. “I like to keep some things to myself, because its called a private life, not public.”

— Nina Dobrev

3. “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

4. “Sometimes, the only way to discover who we are, is by figuring out who we are not.”

— Nina Dobrev

5. “Savasana is the easiest and most important yoga move because it’s so simple. Lying there is meditative.”

— Nina Dobrev

6. “If you don’t feel comfortable playing a role, if you’re in a scenario that’s not conducive for that kind of environment, then that’s when you don’t do well.”

— Nina Dobrev

7. “I film so much and I’m working so much that when I do get even a Saturday or a Sunday off, I just literally watch movies or sleep or hang out with my close friends and relax.”

— Nina Dobrev

8. “I try to eat healthy.”

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9. “I have a giant baking book, so I close my eyes and pick a random page. Whatever it is, I try to bake it!”

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10. “It’s challenging and interesting for me to work on projects that are unique and unconventional. I’m so bored with seeing the same recycled material.”

— Nina Dobrev

11. “Exercising gives me endorphins and energy. I do it four days a week.”

— Nina Dobrev

12. “With every job you get more comfortable, you do better, you’re more confident.”

— Nina Dobrev

13. “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

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14. “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

15. “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

16. “I’ve realized skinny isn’t necessarily attractive. Guys like girls with curves.”

— Nina Dobrev

17. “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.”

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18. “Yoga changed my life. Hopefully, it will do that for others.”

— Nina Dobrev

19. “I love playing confused, broken characters.”

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20. “I’m progressive in some ways, old-fashioned in others. I like it when guys hold the door open and are sweet and thoughtful.”

— Nina Dobrev

21. “I think everyone’s dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen.”

— Nina Dobrev

22. “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.”

— Nina Dobrev

23. “I mean everybody’s got ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. Everybody’s got baggage.”

— Nina Dobrev

24. “In my day-to-day life, I’m kind of a tomboy. I like being comfortable.”

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25. “I know a lot of people dread going to work every morning, but my work is playing pretend and doing stunts and screaming. It’s a lot of fun and I get to play dress up. Every day is exciting and different and new and cool. I couldn’t be more grateful.”

— Nina Dobrev

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26. “I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it’s hard work and half of it’s luck. It’s been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.”

— Nina Dobrev

27. “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

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28. “If I feel confident wearing something, I think it translates in photographs. It changes my demeanor and posture.”

— Nina Dobrev

29. “I’m kind of a globetrotter. I’ve been traveling since I was born and living in different locations.”

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

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31. “I’m bored with the same genre, the same remakes of things. I like original ideas and high-concept things where it’s off the page and kind of fantastical.”

— Nina Dobrev

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

— Nina Dobrev

33. “When I work out, I feel happy, confident, and accomplished.”

— Nina Dobrev

34. “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

35. “My love can’t be purchased Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises.”

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36. “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.”

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37. “I have a flat tummy, but I’m not rock hard. If I’m going to be in a bikini, I’ll train more and skip desserts for a couple of weeks. But usually, I work out to feel good.”

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38. “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

39. “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

40. “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.”

— Nina Dobrev

41. “I do a lot of yoga. I practice yoga three or four times a week. It’s an escape for me.”

— Nina Dobrev

42. “I didn’t have a stage mom at all. I was the one who planned out my auditions and drove myself an hour and a half into the city.”

— Nina Dobrev

43. “I’m not just going to accept something because it’s a lot of money. I’m an artist; content is incredibly important to me.”

— Nina Dobrev

44. “When we do get a little time off, I tend to watch movies, go to dinners, and keep it low-key.”

— Nina Dobrev

45. “Over the holidays is when I have the most occasions to cook and bake.”

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46. “The things and the projects that I want to be a part of are not the ones that I get offered. I get offered a lot, but it’s not what I’m interested in. So I have to fight very hard for the things that I want to do and to work with the filmmakers that I want to work with.”

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47. “Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don’t see each other that often.”

— Nina Dobrev

48. “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.”

— Nina Dobrev

49. “I love yoga because it’s very calming for your body and your spirit. It gives you that meditative state, and its 90 minutes where you can get away from the world and just be, and exist in the moment. I need yoga. It’s part of my life, and I can’t imagine not doing it.”

— Nina Dobrev

50. “After going to Australia, it’s hard to go anywhere after that. I want to move there. I’m obsessed with it.”

— Nina Dobrev