Coach Quote by Michael Pena

Oh my goodness, I was a youngster when I first went to L.A. and got my deal.

— Keyshia Cole

I spent a lot of time in L.A. growing up.

— Aaron Gordon

I was 14 or 15 when I moved to L.A. permanently, but I had been out for pilot season for a few years before that.

— Britt Robertson

Once I moved to L.A., there was a dark moment of trying to keep up with the girls I thought were pretty. Until I…

— Amy Adams

I backpacked all around the world and kind of found myself. Then I settled back in L.A. and found 'Rookie Blue.'

— Gregory Smith

I lived in L.A. for a year when I was four - my dad was doing a sabbatical at UCLA - so it always…

— KT Tunstall

Initially, the best thing about being in L.A. was the girls - they loved me. It was like being a pop star.

— Ben Miller

When I was nineteen, I moved to L.A.

— Riley Stearns

I moved to L.A. when I was 17, so it was always a place I was drawn to.

— Jack Savoretti

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.

— Thomas Haden Church

I became very close with a lot of the guys at Top Gun and to the instructors... the way they talked about hoping their…

— Monica Barbaro

What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated,…

— Steven Yeun