Post by Haley James Scott on Jul 5, 2006 14:35:05 GMT -5
Rising star Hilarie Burton laughs off the notion that her schedule is tough to handle as she shuttles every few days between New York City to host MTV's "Total Request Live" and Wilmington, N.C., to co-star on the WB's "One Tree Hill."
In fact, she even has time for a personal life.
"I do, I do! I have a wonderful man I'm in love with," she says, declining to give his name. An actor? "Oh, no, no. We only need one self-indulgent person in the relationship," she quips.
"He does work on the show as an AD (assistant director). Anytime I'm working, which is quite a bit, he's there, and that's nice. So many people shun working with the person they're involved with in life, but I love it. I identify with Julia Roberts when she says she and her husband love working together. If you have make-out scenes, he's there and knows nothing shady is going on. He understands what my job is and why I have to do this or that. We're in the same boat, kind of growing in our careers and our lives at the same time."
With "One Tree Hill" a bona fide sensation among the youth demographic, Burton says she feels more pressure about response to this season -- premiering tonight (9/21) -- than last. "We started as the underdog, but this year, there are such high expectations, it makes me really nervous," says the actress who's the center point of a triangle between the show's half-brother characters, played by Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty. What helps is "The cast and crew have a great sense of camaraderie."
"It's like being back in high school," she says. "We shoot at schools. We have our little cliques. We go away and do other things, which are like summer camp." (In her case, she played the comedic role of a "Boone's Farm-drinking" 1970s Tennessee wild teen in the big-screen "Our Very Own.") "And then in the fall we hug and kiss and squeal, 'I'm so glad to see you again!' "
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Two Worlds of Hilarie Burton
by Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith
Hilarie Burton splits her life between two worlds - one in New York, as host of MTV's "Total Request Live," and the other in Wilmington, NC, where she flies each week to film her role as Peyton in the WB teen hit "One Tree Hill." She notes, "I always say 'The grass is greener on the other side, and I've got both back yards.' Any time I need a little excitement, I go up to New York, and when I want to live a quiet life and read a book, I go back down to Wilmington."
But Wilmington is home, she makes clear.
Indeed, there are special pluses in the south. One is that her boyfriend is an assistant director on "One Tree Hill." The other is "the level of work in Wilmington is so heightened because we're not surrounded by the b.s., we're not saying 'Are you going to the premiere?' 'Who are you wearing on the red carpet?' 'Did you see that stylist?'
"You can feel taken for granted in the bigger cities, but here in Wilmington, it's never like that. People are so nice. We go to movies and catch local improv theater. We all care about each other. I hope we go for the full six year run.
In fact, she even has time for a personal life.
"I do, I do! I have a wonderful man I'm in love with," she says, declining to give his name. An actor? "Oh, no, no. We only need one self-indulgent person in the relationship," she quips.
"He does work on the show as an AD (assistant director). Anytime I'm working, which is quite a bit, he's there, and that's nice. So many people shun working with the person they're involved with in life, but I love it. I identify with Julia Roberts when she says she and her husband love working together. If you have make-out scenes, he's there and knows nothing shady is going on. He understands what my job is and why I have to do this or that. We're in the same boat, kind of growing in our careers and our lives at the same time."
With "One Tree Hill" a bona fide sensation among the youth demographic, Burton says she feels more pressure about response to this season -- premiering tonight (9/21) -- than last. "We started as the underdog, but this year, there are such high expectations, it makes me really nervous," says the actress who's the center point of a triangle between the show's half-brother characters, played by Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty. What helps is "The cast and crew have a great sense of camaraderie."
"It's like being back in high school," she says. "We shoot at schools. We have our little cliques. We go away and do other things, which are like summer camp." (In her case, she played the comedic role of a "Boone's Farm-drinking" 1970s Tennessee wild teen in the big-screen "Our Very Own.") "And then in the fall we hug and kiss and squeal, 'I'm so glad to see you again!' "
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Two Worlds of Hilarie Burton
by Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith
Hilarie Burton splits her life between two worlds - one in New York, as host of MTV's "Total Request Live," and the other in Wilmington, NC, where she flies each week to film her role as Peyton in the WB teen hit "One Tree Hill." She notes, "I always say 'The grass is greener on the other side, and I've got both back yards.' Any time I need a little excitement, I go up to New York, and when I want to live a quiet life and read a book, I go back down to Wilmington."
But Wilmington is home, she makes clear.
Indeed, there are special pluses in the south. One is that her boyfriend is an assistant director on "One Tree Hill." The other is "the level of work in Wilmington is so heightened because we're not surrounded by the b.s., we're not saying 'Are you going to the premiere?' 'Who are you wearing on the red carpet?' 'Did you see that stylist?'
"You can feel taken for granted in the bigger cities, but here in Wilmington, it's never like that. People are so nice. We go to movies and catch local improv theater. We all care about each other. I hope we go for the full six year run.
