Chad Michael Murray says he looked like a "dweeb" who "thought he was so cool" when he was a teen idol on One Tree Hill

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“I look at my photos of myself and think, ‘What a dweeb,’” Murray, who turns 40 next year, tells Page Six. “Why wouldn’t I? I was 21 years old. I’m just a kid from Buffalo, moved out here, took a chance and I fell headfirst into it. I remember in 2005 I was standing in Times Square doing a big ball drop for TRL, thousands of people, and you’re the one on stage. It’s a very surreal thing but how do you really decipher where you are in your life at that age? It’s just a passing moment, I think at that age you can give it too much value.”