Ashley Rickards Quotes

I’m always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That’s always the fun part of my job.

When I believe in something, I support it fully. On that note, I totally don’t support Velcro shoes.

You can’t control the things that happen to you, but you can control the way you feel about them.

I’ve always loved horses. When I was younger, I competed in horse shows and did quite well.

Yeah, the whole ‘One Tree Hill’ experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I’m interested in all facets of the industry.

The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.

Probably my eating disorder [is the hardest obstacle]. It ruled my life for years, and I didn’t know how I could live with it forever, but I didn’t know how I could live without it. It was a struggle to recover from, and it’s only a daily reprieve, but as long as I stay spiritually centered, I don’t veer off track orget tempted.

I’m not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there’s an in-between and I don’t think we’re there yet. That’s what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There’s no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.

I’m sort of a reverse Method actor. In my personal life, I become my characters. After ‘One Tree Hill’, I started dressing in Converse and ripped jeans and hoodies. On ‘Awkward’, it manifests in how I speak.

If I feel good on the inside, I treat my body with more respect.

I’m horrible at quoting movies! Even my very favorites are not easily recalled or programmed to memory. When people start movie quoting around me, I’m that person who just smiles and then looks up the reference later.

I have no idea what a high school party looks like. I was just with my friend, and we were walking down Venice and there was this gathering of people playing Bongo drums, and so after dinner we sat down with them and played Bongo drums for a while. That’s the closest thing I’ve gotten to a high school experience, meeting strangers and just hanging out with them.