Hilarie Burton Quotes

One Tree Hill was a great learning opportunity for me, and Im excited to go and apply that elsewhere and see where I end up.

Fourth of July. My birthday is July first, and my best friend's birthday is July fifth, so it's always been a favorite holiday. It's all about having a cooler full of sodas, hot dogs, and just hanging out and shooting off firecrackers, being low-key, watching the fireworks.

I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it's really nerve racking.

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.

Everybody wants a sensational story.

I move around a lot. Ive lived in a ton of different places - and only for a month or two at a time. I have a deep, rabid curiosity, so I like having a gypsy life.

When you're younger, it's hard because you're finding your identity, and then for 12 hours out of the day, you have to be a different person. So that's a tricky phase - as far as figuring who you are out and then figuring out the people that you're working with.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

I used to have to think about awful things to get myself emotionally connected to something.

I like my hands. They're certainly scarred up, but they're wormy. They're knuckly. They're hands that have done stuff, and they're not going anywhere.

I will never say a bad word about 'One Tree Hill'. The entire shape of my world changed because of that show, so I'll always be very affectionate toward it.

There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend.

For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call.

Isn't Googling someone the first thing everyone does?! They meet someone new and Google them!

I want the kids who watch 'One Tree Hill' to know that it's all pretend, and that the person at the core of that character values morals, honor and things like that. You want to inspire them to look beyond what is superficial and try to find that greater thing.

I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.