I play damaged people a lot. I'm a Cancer. And I say that tongue and cheek, but I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm a very emotional woman..

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….

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

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 su….

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

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….

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

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, ….

In the world of Facebook and Twitter, you can treasure hunt for tidbits about somebody that you find interesting and pretty much find out everything ….

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..

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 like the guy who reads. Being articulate is something that's very important to me. But you need to know how to chop wood and fix a car and do guy t….

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

Everybody wants a sensational story..

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….

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

I don't engage in social media, which has its good and bad sides, I guess - but the good side is when people hate my guts, I'm kind of oblivious to i….

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..

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..

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