Top 60 Shay Mitchell Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I am a foodie. I’m not afraid to say it.”

— Shay Mitchell

2. “It’s important to wake up everyday and remind yourself what you’re working towards. You create your own life, it’s not set out there for you.”

— Shay Mitchell

3. “I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It’s the bully who’s insecure.”

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4. “When you look at yourself in the mirror, don’t pinpoint the things that you aren’t happy with. Appreciate what you were born with and acknowledge the fact that you are you, and that is something to celebrate.”

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5. “If you can make me laugh, my heart is yours! I think there’s nothing more attractive than someone who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.”

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6. “I’ve always felt like you should love who you love – sexuality doesn’t matter. It would be so cool in the future if it weren’t even an issue to anybody anymore.”

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7. “I’m a huge pasta and pizza lover. I can eat those every single day.”

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8. “Coconut oil has always been my favorite. Any dry spots I have I’ll put coconut oil on them because it’s a natural ingredient and it works better than anything.”

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9. “It’s the bully who is insecure.”

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10. “Embrace what you were born with because it’s beautiful.”

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11. “I finally realized that no one is perfect and that I like the fact that I look different and don’t have the perfect body. No one does!”

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12. “I love colorful things. I think the world is so beautiful because of all the different colors. With my feed, I really like it to be a rainbow effect, very colorful and vibrant, and just showing happy moments.”

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13. “Sometimes when I travel from climate to climate, my skin can change very drastically because I go from hot to cold. I get dry like everybody else – from planes.”

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14. “I’ll never turn down a red velvet cupcake.”

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15. “You lie when you’re a teenager, I think, because your parents are treating you like you’re younger and you – in your mind – think that you’re so much older. You make up all of these lies because you think it’s what you should do.”

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16. “I don’t feel like a gay icon. I don’t feel like an icon at all. Every single interview was always, ‘What’s it like to play a gay character?’ It would be nice if I was never asked that again. Why isn’t anyone asking the other girls what it’s like to kiss a boy?”

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17. “Take that one thing you don’t like about yourself and more often than not that’s the one thing that makes you more special. Whether it’s that gap in your teeth, or that mole you never liked, or your skin color.”

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18. “We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.”

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19. “I think it would be cute to marry your high school sweetheart, but I think it would also be nice to be sitting on a plane with somebody who lives across the world from you.”

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20. “I feel like it’s about taking time out of your week to have your own mini spa day. I like to do it on Sundays because usually I don’t have anything on that day.”

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21. “I love to use beets as a lip tint. It lasts all day.”

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22. “I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.”

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23. “Growing up, I wish I hadn’t tried so hard to fit in. I’d tell myself to just embrace what you were born with because it’s beautiful and you were made like that for a reason. It’s tough being a girl. I think we need all of the support we can get.”

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24. “I feel so good after a workout. Any time you can be alone with yourself is really important.”

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25. “In high school I was an outcast I wasn’t cool to hang out with. I ate my lunch in a bathroom stall because that was the one place I could go where I wouldn’t been seen.”

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26. “Being single is not as bad as everyone likes to make it seem!”

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27. “American Eagle clothing is stylish, flattering and all about embracing your individuality.”

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28. “I was dating my first boyfriend in high school for a long time, and we broke up before prom. I hadn’t met anyone else that I really wanted to go with, and my friends have always been amazing. So I went with my friends and got a million photos with them!”

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29. “I’m more comfortable in heels than I am in sneakers.”

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30. “The craziest thing I’ve done getting over love is skydiving. I had a really upsetting breakup. When I broke up with my boyfriend I needed to like do something different and so I actually went skydiving to turn over a new page.”

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31. “There’s nothing worse than seeing someone chewing gum on the red carpet!”

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32. “I’m definitely a girly-girl and I love playing with fashion, but at the same time I will go skydiving with you tomorrow.”

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33. “I will never forget that there are millions of other people who would be dying to be in my position. I’m not going to be an actress who doesn’t appreciate what she has.”

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34. “My mom grew up in the Philippines, and she would use coconut oil. I put that in my hair always – literally, natural coconut oil that you use for cooking. I use that for my cuticles and dry spots on my skin too.”

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35. “I love working out. Dance classes are my favorite.”

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36. “I hate dieting. Let’s just say that.”

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37. “After I finished high school I went to Hong Kong and Thailand and spent some time there. Just to get that whole experience of being out of the bubble that I was in from high school in Vancouver, to be able to travel around and be on your own was an amazing experience.”

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38. “I work with a cause called the Somaly Mam Foundation, and that is my purpose in life, above anything else. Everything that I do, I’m thinking about girls. As strong as we are, we’re also sensitive, and I feel like men take advantage of that.”

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39. “It didn’t take me very long to realize that modeling wasn’t very satisfying. I was always asking people, ‘How are you going to set up this shot? How will it be lit?’ And they’d say, ‘Stop. Just pose.’ I had a problem with that.”

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40. “I did shoot a movie called Mother’s Day, and I really can’t wait for everybody to see that. I had so much fun shooting that with Jennifer Aniston, which was kind of surreal in itself.”

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41. “For my prom I really wanted to wear a bright color – something that was going to pop and stand out.”

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42. “When I was in high school, I wanted to be a counselor and I wanted to work with kids. I’ve been through the worst of high school. And I want to motivate people to live the best life that they can, because we’re only here for one life.”

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43. “I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian community, and most of my friends had blonde hair and blue eyes. So I was always straightening my hair, wearing colored contacts, and I never tanned, if I could help it.”

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44. “I like to let my skin breathe when I’m not shooting or working, so that’s why you’ll find me on most of my social media accounts barefaced with face masks!”

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45. “I’d define my everyday style as put together, but also comfortable. A great pair of jeans and a cute top can be so versatile.”

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46. “My daily beauty regimen is definitely always in the mornings, and at night, always washing my face with a basic cleanser. I also use a moisturizer with SPF to follow up.”

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47. “With fitness, I do Bikrams hot yoga. The gym that I have in my building is amazing. I love to do cardio and weights there.”

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48. “I can’t live without mousse. When my hair is damp I put it at the roots. When I blow dry my hair it makes it so much bouncier. It gives you shampoo commercial hair and makes your blowout so much better.”

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49. “I’m all about having one day during the week when I have an at-home spa day. That’s when I like to do my nails and moisturize, or do a coconut oil hair masque and clear out my blackheads with pore strips. That’s one of my favorite things.”

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50. “Honestly, I think it’s about always making sure to cleanse your skin every single night. I never go to bed with my makeup on. That is a major key. There’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning and all of your makeup has soaked into your pores.”

— Shay Mitchell