They may feud on their CW hit Gossip Girl, but off-screen there is no drama between Blake Lively and Leighton Meester.

"I've never really had a competitive relationship in any work situation," she says in the December issue of W. "The media is always trying to pit us against each other, I guess because it's just not interesting to say, 'Everyone gets along; everybody just works 18-hour days and goes home to sleep.' That's not fun to read, I guess."

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Besides, she says, the cast is too busy to bicker.

She says they must chew through a 55-page script every eight days.

"You get used to it. I can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized," she says. "It's a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming. We're flying by the seat of our pants a lot of times, which is why I enjoy doing films. It's a change of pace. It sounds cheesy, but with a film, you get to let each scene marinate."

The perks of working so hard?

"I probably have, like, 60 gorgeous bags," she gushes. "I have a closet with my really sharp, fancy, nice ones β€” the ones that go with my Valentino pumps, for example. And then I have a closet with the ones that are a little more rugged-feeling, the kind that go with my Belstaff motorcycle boots."

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Lively says she is slowly transitioning to the big screen.

"I've been learning as I'm going along," she says. "I thought, 'Okay, I'll try a movie. And I was loving films, so I thought, 'No, I don't want to try TV.

"But now I'm loving being on the show more than I ever could have imagined," she says. "It has been just the most amazing experience anybody could ever ask for. It's such a blessing."

She shed serious pounds to play a bulimic beauty queen in the upcoming indie Elvis and Annabelle.

"Beauty queens are still very toned. So I lost weight, but I got toned," says the actress, who says food is "the No. 1 love of my life."

How did she shed those pounds?

"I just made chicken breasts from Whole Foods on a George Foreman Grill, with asparagus and broccoli."
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