“I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the st...” — Penn Badgley Quote

“I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the street. I'm just a curious person.”

“I'm just not the kind of actor to take things home with me in any excessive way.”

“The 'Gossip Girl' idea and ideologies, like, they sort of encourage this certain kind of, like, materialism and superficiality that isn't, I would say, the best thing in the world.”

“Be curious, not judgmental.”

“I'm proud to be part of the fabric that inspires the next generations to remain curious and remember that 'smart is cool.'”

“Personally, I have nothing to prove. But I'm tremendously curious about human nature. Female life is so incredibly underexplored in cinema, so these stories feel very exotic.”