Quotes from Sophia Bush

I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday.

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.

So, I'm always around video games but I've always been interested in them from a visual perspective, with the graphic design and that whole thing. I don't know if that comes from my love of photography or what but that's always what's held my interest about them.

It's no secret - if you know me, have ever met me or have shared a meal with me - that I'm a passionate environmentalist.

I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face and talks about them the minute they walk out of a room. I have no room in my life for that kind of negative energy anymore.

I'm not a celebrity. I don't call myself a celebrity. I'm an actor.

You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.

If I spend a Saturday being lazy and curled up on the couch with my dogs, I'll just make sure to get out and be active on Sunday.

Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes.

When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first of all, I think it's insulting to God.

What matters is a good person, a good soul, someone who genuinely gives good attention to the relationships in their lives.

Me, I'd prefer to have a good reputation rather than getting press for being scandalous, getting drunk in public, staying out late and so on.

I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can 'pray away the gay;' I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that he has more rights to my uterus than I do; I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that it's okay to dump toxic waste in the ocean.

Getting wasted is only OK when you're young enough to not know better.

Brooke and I share some similarities. We're both passionate, fiercely loyal people. But she is far more outlandish than I'd ever be, particularly with her body and her sexuality. Brooke has made herself weak for men - she only gained self-confidence from their attention.

I've always been the long-term relationship, go-home-and-meet-mom girl.

People just deserve to be treated with kindness.

I started, whenever I got to a city, just getting on Style Seat, which is the most incredible app for any girl who doesn't have 100 stylists at her fingertips. I can see who's well-rated and whose portfolio I like, and then book an appointment all from my phone, which made having bangs a lot easier.

Because I'm 5'4' and athletically built, if I gain five pounds it looks like a lot.

I fight for the environment because we only have one planet, but I see how the environment affects poverty and how the environment affects women around the world.

My dream job is to be the Robin to Anderson Cooper's Batman.

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.