One Tree Hill was my very first television audition; it was a fairytale. I feel really lucky to have that level of success right out of the gate.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

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

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

I could not imagine my youngest standing above her soiled grandmother in the wing chair and saying, "mother, let's kill her. "That's the only choice.

I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though.

It's just me and my 6-month-old puppy. I am not dating anyone.

You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going.

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

I don't look for things to see how they function as metaphors.... You can't photograph the sublime. You can only traffic in the specific and its relationship to the symbolic.

Belief forages, moving from pasture to pasture.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

I don't believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.

A million candles burnt in him without his being at the trouble of lighting a single one