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. Troian Bellisario More Quotes by Troian Bellisario More Quotes From Troian Bellisario Just remembering that they [people with eating disorder] are young, beautiful and unique and that is worth everything in this world. Troian Bellisario unique beautiful world 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. Troian Bellisario ivy league school Falling is scary but good practice for life. We must fall. In love. Out of love. Into new experiences. Out of old habits. Deeper and further into ourselves. We must fall, life is falling over forward. The only choice we have is how we let go. Troian Bellisario falling-in-love new-experiences letting-go I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. So you asked, ‘When things get really, really difficult in your life, what keeps you going?’ For me, it’s always that the most difficult moments in my life, the moments in which I believe I’ve completely failed or hit bottom, I can actually directly link them to something later that is either a true success or a dream come true. So, I do believe that if you can maintain that everything happens for a reason, you can find the strength and the lesson in those difficult moments and grow stronger. Troian Bellisario everything-happens-for-a-reason dream believe My parents telling me that if there is a story you feel compelled to share, then you are responsible for doing that. You can't ask someone else to take on that story - or you can, but you have to deal with whatever the fallout is. If the story doesn't end up being told the way you originally heard it or that you feel it needs to be expressed, that's on you. Troian Bellisario responsible parent share My friends and my family - the people who I love and who love me back. Whenever I get down, when I want to crawl under a rock, I just look around at them and I see how rich my life is. You have to remember what’s most important in life. I am loved by so many people and have a wonderful job. I know I’m incredibly blessed. I am a completely lucky human being. Troian Bellisario rocks blessed jobs I love being natural. I never feel more beautiful then after I’ve been to the beach and my hair’s just a crazy mess of salt curls, or when I’ve just been outside all day hiking. I feel like my skin is at its most beautiful during those times, too - so I try not to do a lot. Troian Bellisario crazy beautiful beach I hate nothing more than having my nails painted. I feel like I'm in time out. Troian Bellisario i-hate nails hate Hollywood is a challenging place; it's very easy for people to lose their heads. Fortunately, I grew up on it and I think I have a little bit of a head start. Troian Bellisario challenges people thinking Its a very wonderful yet difficult thing to be given a lot of really good opportunities and the world is at your fingertips. Troian Bellisario wonderful opportunity world Even when I was young I wanted to be an actress. Troian Bellisario actresses young wanted I grew up with brothers. Girls terrified me. Troian Bellisario grew-up girl brother You can have a disordered relationship with food, but to have an eating disorder is indicative of a mental illness, which I think needs treatment and recognition in a different way. Troian Bellisario eating-disorder different thinking I like wearing my dads sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a baby. Troian Bellisario sweaters dad baby In high school I was a nerd and very academic. On the weekends, instead of going out and partying, I’d close myself in my room and read Shakespeare. I hid from boys. I didn’t know what a boyfriend was, although I think I wanted one. Troian Bellisario weekend party school 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 LA and had nothing to do with the industry. Troian Bellisario spotlight stars people Even when I was young I wanted to be an actress. I knew the actors and the paparazzi. It was just kind of always in my landscape. It was never directed at me, but it was always somewhere so I could see how it operated and I could see it from afar and go 'Wow, that's not really glamorous, it's kind of exhausting not having any privacy.' So it was never something I pursued. The first time I saw the billboard for Pretty Little Liars I almost got into a car accident! Troian Bellisario car actors liars What Hollywood truly wants is for people to be themselves. I think what it's designed for is to kind of turn people into something and just make them saleable. But what it really stands for, what it really loves, are people who are unafraid to be themselves, and as you can see, these are people who are excelling in their careers. Troian Bellisario careers people thinking When I was 5 years old, my best friends were Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because we lived across the street from each other. Troian Bellisario my-best-friend mary years I remember when I first wanted to act my parents were supportive, but it was that they were like please, if you can find something else in the world, don't do this. So it wasn't even they're like 'Oh we've been waiting for you to arrive, welcome to the family business' kind of thing. Troian Bellisario supportive parent waiting
