Leah Pipes

“I first got involved in soccer when I was three years old. And I played until I was sixteen, so for thirteen years, and I love it.”

“I love really epic films. I really like 'The Princess Bride,' 'Lord of the Rings.' I really like 'Star Wars.' I love 'Harry Potter.' I'm obsessed with 'Harry Potter.'”

“I thought I was a pretty decent soccer player. I'm not.”

“I never really sat down and decided, 'And now this is what I'm going to do.' I just do it.”

“I hope people understand there is a world outside our life in this bubble and hope we can appreciate it and preserve it.”

“'The Originals' is going to be an epic showdown of supernatural forces, and that was very evident in the pilot. I just wanted to be a part of that.”

“I've gotten a lot of good advice from my parents. Probably the best advice I've ever gotten from my mom is 'Let it go.'”

“If I'm around a boy I have a crush on, I can't even talk most of the time.”

“I have spent a decade of my life dating. I am thrilled about never going on another bad date for the rest of my life. I'm also so excited to learn and grow with the person I respect most in this world.”

“Neither my fiance nor I take ourselves too seriously, and we want our wedding to reflect our lightheartedness.”

“The problem with being an actress is there's a lot of rejection.”

“I wear sweat pants; I look terrible all the time. I'm so vulnerable.”

“I had CNN on in my hotel room every day while we were filming the pilot for 'The Originals.'”

“Whatever comes my way, I appreciate and do my best at, and if it were to fade someday, I guess I would find something else. But I just don't plan the future, I guess.”