Chad Michael Murray Quotes

In the end, it`s not about fame or fortune. It`s what you leave behind - your work and your family - that really counts

Dad never had time to relax. When we were young, he`d get us off to school before he`d go to work as a controller for a nine-hour day, come home, make dinner, make sure we got our homework done, then go right to sleep and do it all over again the next morning. - Chad says of his father`s hectic work and family juggling act.

I didn`t fit in to the trends at school, but I did just fine.

If nothing had happened for me with acting, I would have gone to college and played football.

I am bothered by some rumors, but they come with the job.

The rumors - that`s the thing I hate. People assume way too much, and I can`t stand it. I know the truth; I don`t feel like I have to defend myself. I`m a pretty good guy. Yeah, I like to go out with my boys and have a good time - I`m 23 years old! But the next thing you know, there are 20 stories about me. It`s inappropriate on so many levels. I don`t know if it will ever stop. All I need to know is, I have faith in myself and I know what`s really going on.

My ideal girl is someone who`s smart and pretty in an innocent way, and someone who listens and cares.

I love a conservative girl. Let me be honest. I love a great pair of jeans and I love turtlenecks... Most guys want to see a girl wearing nothing! Tank tops are cute, too. Then you show a little skin, but you`re still conservative.

I don`t like to be alone. It`s scary being alone. I`m always worried that I`m going to be abandoned or that people won`t care for me

Tyler Hilton is one of my best friends now, As a human being, he`s an incredible person and as an artist, he`s an incredible artist. I love his music, every time I get in the car, he`s in the CD player.

I am an ordinary guy who likes normal things, and have feelings like a normal human being.

Trust me, high school ends. You graduate and get away from all the people you never want to see again - it`s all good.

I love acting, but part of me wants to have a family, raise kids - have a normal life.

I hated high school. I didn`t have any friends because I didn`t fit in, but I enjoyed the educational part of it. My teachers allowed me to be creative, so I thought past high school to what I wanted to do.

Imagine you are walking along and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life. - on fiancée Kenzie Dalton.

I just want to be healthy and happy. I don`t want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that`s a philosophy then that`s my philosophy. Yeah, you lose equipment, You lose the stage. You lose everything else. But the fact of the matter is everyone got out OK. That`s all we cared about. Everything else can be replaced."

When asked about what he thinks is the most important issue he says, "Kids being drug-free. I always want kids to be allowed to have a chance or a shot in life."

I prefer to keep my hair short - very short. I also like having a good amount of facial hair. But unfortunately, Lucas cannot have a beard. At the end of the season, hacking off the hair is my ritual. It all goes! - On why he always looks so different when he`s not filming OTH.

I love older music, Frank Sinatra, James Brown - there`s so much passion in their songs.

Writing inspires me. I couldn`t live without my journal.

My goal is to grow as much as I can as a human being.

I think people should do what makes them happy. Peer pressure shouldn`t make an impact on what you want to do with your life.

I`m scared of dolls. When I was a little kid, we used to go to my grandma`s house and she`d have all these porcelain dolls and they are just freaky. They have those little painted faces on them...and ugh! They used to scare the crap out of me.

When you realize you`re alive, you can live life!

I feel like I took a lot of the things; I did what I had to do to get to where I want to be, and I'm going to continue to do what I do to get to where I want to be. I take an ideal like Sean Penn's career. I think Sean Penn's the epitome of what every actor could and should want to be. He just is. He's incredible.

Chad: You know what? Look. I'm going to work as hard as I gotta do. I only work as much as I can right now, on projects that I want to work on. If there's not something next summer that I'm going to do, then yeah, I'll take a break. But right now I'm young and I'm having a lot of fun doing what I'm doing and I'm growing. I have a lot to learn and I just want to be able to learn as much as I can, day in, day out. Those are the flags.

Chad: Cinderella Story, what are you going to do, go back and watch Cinderella? I mean, really. There's no mice. What can I say? House of Wax, I went back and watched the 1953 version with Vincent Price. I just thought it was eerie. But that was in choosing if I wanted to do it or not. I wanted to see what kind of feeling I got and it was eerie. There's just something really creepy about wax.

Chad: I want to go to Supernatural. All my boys are over there, and they get to have fun all the time. Cross me over there. Let me kill some ghosts

Chad: James is unbelievable. He's played basketball his whole life; he's incredibly talented at the sport. For myself, I just can't do it. I've got better ball control now, but I just can't get the ball in the hoop.

Chad: It's not bad to sit down and have a drink occasionally. I'm not saying don't drink period. Everything in moderation.

Chad: Let's see... Number one, I had no friends. I was a nerd. I guess I've become more secure with who I am. I always felt like I was a box. I wasn't like the other people. I didn't wear the same clothes because I couldn't afford them. I always liked what I liked and I never understood why that wasn't accepted. Now, I realize it doesn't matter if I am accepted. I am who I am and I like who I am. I like what I wear. And I like that I don't have to get loaded to have fun.

I grew up and I saw a lot of people lose their lives or fall into a bad place. It really bothered me because I cared for some of those people. I would like to see everyone have a fair shot. I didn't do it. I didn't drink or do drugs. I had the opportunity to give myself a better life and try to be happy

Chad: (What sorts of roles have been coming your way?) A lot of the Fast & Furious type of movies. That's sort of what's hot right now--the motorcycle, crazy racing thing. Don't get me wrong, I love watching those types of movies. I thought Fast & Furious was cool, but my favorite kind of film is... like Taxi Driver. I love the character Robert DeNiro played. It was brilliant. I want the chance to create a... what's the word I'm looking for... crazy character. A complex character. When you show up and play a one dimensional character, it feels too easy.

Chad: I think that I’m definitely connected to my sensitive side. I pretty much wear my emotions on my sleeves for the people in my life.

Chad: Golly, I hated high school. I absolutely detested high school

When I did Freaky Friday, Lindsay was playing two characters, so she had a lot of work to do. She had to study Jamie really hard and Jamie had to study her. On Cinderella Story, Hilary got to come in and she just had to study what it’s like to be a little insecure and she hasn’t had that opportunity, I don't think. So she got to see what it was like to be not the cool chick. So, I don't know. You have to see it to know what I mean. That’s the one perk that we get as actors is you get to really see how these people work, but you can’t really explain it.

Chad: I played football, so during the season I got respect, but that disappeared the second football was over. I was picked on because I wasn't like everyone else.

Chad: I had to sing Britney's '...Baby One More Time' for Freaky Friday, and I'm not a singer. There I was in this L.A. neighborhood, singing. All the neighbors came out to watch.

Chad: Trust me, high school ends. You graduate and get away from all the people you never want to see again--it's all good.

Chad: (on what projects he wants to do in the future) ...something that may skew a little bit away from the demographic that I've been catering to for the last few years... something that I feel just betters me as a human being.

Chad: When you realize you're alive, you can live life!

Chad: My mother left when I was ten... My father raised five kids and was there for me every day. I idolized my father and looked up to him.

Chad: Imagine you are walking along and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life.

Imagine you are walking along and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life

Tyler Hilton is one of my best friends now. As a human being, he's an incredible person and as an artist, he's an incredible artist. I love his music, every time I get in the car, he's in the CD player.

I love a conservative girl. Let me be honest. I love a great pair of jeans and I love turtlenecks... Most guys want to see a girl wearing nothing! Tank tops are cute, too. Then you show a little skin, but you're still conservative.

I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that's a philosophy then that's my philosophy.

Sophia and I don't view our marriage as a Hollywood relationship. You get married because you want to spend the rest of your life with someone that you know and love