Michael Steger

“I've always been huge into martial arts.”

“Filming in India was one big adventure. For 'The Cheetah Girls', we were in Mumbai for two weeks, then Rajasthan for six weeks. Every day after shooting, I would hop into a rickshaw and start exploring the city. I even learned a bit of Hindi. It's such an amazing place to visit.”

“I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in junior high and high school, and I just kept feeding the fire, kept wanting to pursue acting full-on.”

“I love traveling; it's, like, my perfect escape.”

“I've always been more in touch with my Ecuadorian side. I speak Spanish.”

“I think when your imagination goes to work, and when you're first bullied, you feel like you're going to die. School becomes a war zone, and you can't function.”

“Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.”

“I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'”

“My mom pushed me to take drama class.”

“I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.”

“My first car was a 1986 Toyota pickup.”

“I was a bio major, and I was going to take over my aunt's dental practice and be a dentist.”

“I love Shah Rukh Khan! I have seen many of his movies.”

“You never play age, you play character.”

“I moved in fourth grade in the middle of the school year, and I was the new kid in school.”

“Anybody who's been to Ecuador wants to go back because it's beautiful out there.”

“A perfect day would be to get into the car, drive out to Yosemite and go camping.”

“The CW likes to hold on to its shows.”

“Even when I was doing well in acting, my dad would say, 'You can still go back to dental school.' But since I've been on '90210,' I haven't heard that.”