--- title: Shay Mitchell Says Millennials Are More Limitless Than Other Generations description: Pretty Little Liars star talks about her November SELF magazine cover canonical: https://time.com/4536445/shay-mitchell-millennials-limitless/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-19T14:32:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:37.728Z og:title: Shay Mitchell Says Millennials Don’t Like to 'Stay in a Box’ og:description: 'My generation realizes you can be multi-hyphenated' og:url: https://time.com/4536445/shay-mitchell-millennials-limitless/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80eea93cf5bcfada/6988aa99e20a871ab5a92d99/shay-mitchell-pll-self.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3707 og:image:height: 2085 og:image:alt: Celebrities Visit SiriusXM Studios - January 11, 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shay Mitchell Says Millennials Don’t Like to 'Stay in a Box’ twitter:description: 'My generation realizes you can be multi-hyphenated' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80eea93cf5bcfada/6988aa99e20a871ab5a92d99/shay-mitchell-pll-self.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Shay Mitchell Says Millennials Don’t Like to 'Stay in a Box’ > Sponsored content. 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Actress Shay Mitchell visits the SiriusXM Studios on January 11, 2016 in New York City. Taylor Hill—Getty Images by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Oct 19, 2016 2:32 PM UTC _Pretty Little Liars_ star Shay Mitchell has become a social media icon with over 14 million Instagram followers and [1 million YouTube subscribers](https://www.youtube.com/shay-mitchell). The 29-year-old star has become almost as well known for her motivational quotes and encouraging posts as for her roles on TV. But Mitchell says that the positive memos that she shares are nothing new: She’s always been someone who sets crazy goals and works hard to achieve them. “The message I’m trying to put out there is that you can do whatever you want to do, and if I’m going to say that, I need to do it myself,” [Mitchell told SELF](http://www.self.com/story/shay-mitchell-life-after-pretty-little-liars) in their November cover story. “If I want to become a singer and drop a single next month, I’m going to do that.” It’s also a millennial thing, Mitchell suggests. “My generation realizes you can be multi-hyphenated. You don’t have to stay in a box. Just because you started off in one industry doesn’t mean you can’t jump into another one. I wouldn’t say that acting is a stepping-stone, per se. But it’s another step in the direction of where I want to go.” SELF says Mitchell’s whiteboard list of goals for herself continues to grow, even after she’s achieved a starring role in one of the most popular shows on television. “In no particular order, she wants to produce a television show, return to Cambodia, write another book and join an action-movie franchise,” SELF reports. “I’m comfortable. So let’s switch it up a bit,” Mitchell said. After the release of the November cover, Mitchell [took to Instagram](http://people.com/bodies/shay-mitchell-wont-feel-guilty-eating-pizza-and-ice-cream/) to talk about the intense preparation she did before the SELF photoshoot. “Prepping for this cover made me feel STRONG, and healthy and that if I really set my goals to do something and followed through, I would see results and I definitely did,” [she wrote](https://www.instagram.com/p/BLtdPD%5Fjq6j/). “I will always be the girl that can get in some exercise and NOT feel guilty about eating a slice(s) of pizza or a scoop(s) of ice cream- it’s all in moderation!” [Read the full interview on SELF.com](http://www.self.com/story/shay-mitchell-life-after-pretty-little-liars) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4536445/shay-mitchell-millennials-limitless/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4536445/shay-mitchell-millennials-limitless/"},"headline":"Shay Mitchell Says Millennials Don’t Like to 'Stay in a Box’","datePublished":"2016-10-19T14:32:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:37.728Z","description":"'My generation realizes you can be multi-hyphenated'","url":"https://time.com/4536445/shay-mitchell-millennials-limitless/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80eea93cf5bcfada/6988aa99e20a871ab5a92d99/shay-mitchell-pll-self.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Lasher","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80eea93cf5bcfada/6988aa99e20a871ab5a92d99/shay-mitchell-pll-self.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Visit SiriusXM Studios - January 11, 2016","caption":"Actress Shay Mitchell visits the SiriusXM Studios on January 11, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Taylor Hill—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4536445/shay-mitchell-millennials-limitless/","name":"Shay Mitchell Says Millennials Don’t Like to 'Stay in a Box’"}}]}] ```