Troian Bellisario

“When I was in high school, there was a lot of pressure on me. I felt like I had to be perfect.”

“I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a baby.”

“My only non-acting job was being a barista at Coffee Bean. While I was in college, and I had a blast! I loved making drinks because I got to be like a mad scientist.”

“If I could be living anywhere now, it would be in New York. My heart is in that city.”

“My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer, and my mom's a director and writer. Even when I was young, I wanted to be an actress.”

“I like a lot of Ralph Lauren and classic styles... My style has changed in that I'm willing to try more things.”

“I grew up in Hollywood. My father always told me that this is a job. These events are filled with people you work with; it's not like glam-schmooze time. That's why I only like events that celebrate people I have a connection to; otherwise, it's someone else's night, and I don't need to show up in a dress to try and steal their attention.”

“The minute I'm off that stage, I try to get as 'me' as possible. I do that by piling on my black eyeliner, and I put on my ripped tights. Dressing like myself again helps.”

“I'm not a glamorous girl. I don't know how to do my hair. I'm very bad with makeup.”

“As I got older, I had a bunch of friends that were various teen stars. I've always known people in the spotlight and people who just grew up in L.A. and had nothing to do with the industry. It's not a glamorous thing to me. It's just a different type of business.”

“I was born here and I was raised here in Los Angeles. And when I was five years old, my best friends were Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen because we lived across the street from each other.”

“I'm not a teen anymore, but growing up, some of my favorite things were, like, 'Twin Peaks,' which wasn't even really my time, and this is one of the things, like a weird, quirky, small town mystery.”

“In college, that was when I felt that acting is the one I really wanted because I got to be my true self; this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

“Even when I was young I wanted to be an actress.”

“On my Instagram, my boyfriend will take pictures of me, or someone else will take a picture of me, and they're like, 'What is wrong with her? She looks sick.' And I'm like, 'No I just don't have two hours of hair and makeup, you guys.'”

“My high school was a private school where you went to an Ivy League. That's just what was expected of you and nothing less. So I grew up never being okay with a 'B' because a 'B' was not good enough.”