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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Opportunity, Tree, Hills

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Dog, Holiday, Keys

  FaceBook post by Hilarie Burton from Mar 03, 2016

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Couple, Thinking, Psych

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Mom, Brother, Dad

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• Everybody wants a sensational story.

  Hilarie Burton

  Stories, Want, Sensational

  "EXCLUSIVE Hilarie Burton on 'Tree Hill' exit: 'It wasn't a rash decision'". Interview with Michael Ausiello, ew.com. May 14, 2009.

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Moving, Two, Curiosity

  FaceBook post by Hilarie Burton from Mar 02, 2016

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  People, Identity, Different

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Who I Am, Bigs, Vocal

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Thinking, Awful, Used

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Hands, Stuff, Done

  "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hilarie Burton". Esquire Interview, www.esquire.com. June 6, 2011.

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Tree, World, Shapes

  "EXCLUSIVE Hilarie Burton on 'Tree Hill' exit: 'It wasn't a rash decision'". Interview with Michael Ausiello, ew.com. May 14, 2009.

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Holiday

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Betrayal, Emotional, Tough

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Google, Firsts, Doe

  "'Grey's Anatomy's' Hilarie Burton on Lauren and Arizona's Growing Flirtation". Interview with Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 8, 2013.

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Character, Kids, Tree

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Writing, Pals, Paper

  "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hilarie Burton". Interview with Laura Lane, www.esquire.com. June 6, 2011.

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• I've named a couple things after Edgar Allan Poe: the cat, and my garden upstate, where I only planted black flowers and purple flowers - and there's a raven statue.

  Hilarie Burton

  Couple, Flower, Cat

  "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hilarie Burton". Interview with Laura Lane, www.esquire.com. June 6, 2011.

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• I don't think I've ever played a 'hot chick' before. I always play the quirky friend or the really angry girl.

  Hilarie Burton

  Girl, Thinking, Play

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• I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and church was always a very big part of my growing up.

  Hilarie Burton

  Growing Up, Church, Bigs

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

  Hilarie Burton

  Gardening, Nails, Gloves

  "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hilarie Burton", www.esquire.com. June 6, 2011.

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• I grew up at the base of a mountain in Virginia, so my comfort zone is that Appalachian area, where all the dudes wear Carhartt and all the women can put on a beautiful sweater with a snowman applique and nobody raises an eyebrow.

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  Beautiful, Virginia, Eyebrows

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• Im from northern Virginia, but I grew up next to the West Virginia border, so it was hills and farmland. We had that sense of adventure you get from growing up around old farmhouses and lazy, rolling hills, you know?

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  Growing Up, Adventure, Virginia

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• 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.

  Hilarie Burton

  Tree, Lucky, Television

  FaceBook post by Hilarie Burton from Aug 22, 2013

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• I do hope that for the young women watching the show they know it is heightened reality and just grown ups playing teenagers. That's not how it is supposed to go. Just keep it to yourself.

  Hilarie Burton

  Teenager, Reality, Young

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• My weekends are spent hidden in the woods, and then I have to come back and pretend to be this very upper-crust insurance investigator. But, I mean, duality's nice. You never get bored. You can't say the grass is always greener if you're in both backyards.

  Hilarie Burton

  Nice, Mean, Weekend

  FaceBook post by Hilarie Burton from Aug 04, 2016

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