If you’re anything like me, the name “Ashley Benson” conjures a cartoonish “?????” thought-bubble. I know I’ve seen her before, and I’m pretty sure she’s been trying to break into bigger and better things for years now. Some cursory research indicates that Ashley was in that Spring Breakers movie (the one with Selena Gomez) and Ashley was on/is still on Pretty Little Liars. So… good for her. She had a steady gig on a CW show and she’s been working somewhat consistently in other film and TV projects. That still doesn’t make her a major celebrity though, and I question whether she was even worthy of the cover of Canada’s Fashion Magazine. But here we are. And I honestly would have ignored it except I glanced through her quotes and I had a good chuckle. You see, Ashley Benson wants you to know that she could never date high-profile men the same way Angelina Jolie has. Because similarities.

She can’t date like Angelina: “I don’t think I would be able to date a high-profile actor the way Angelina Jolie has. Her and Brad [Pitt] have done a good job at keeping private, but I’m sure that takes work. It’s too much attention when two powerful people are together.”

She hates the red carpet: “I hate the red carpet. It’s nerve-racking. People are yelling at you and pictures are being taken at all angles. It is not a comfortable thing for a human to experience!”

Her role in Spring Breakers: “My family hated the movie, but I told them, ‘There are going to be films that you are not going to want to support, but you don’t have to see those films.’ I wanted that challenge.”

J-Law is the coolest: “I think she’s the coolest person in the business. She’s breaking the mould of what Hollywood stars are supposed to act like. I look up to her so much. Actors should stop acting when the cameras are off.”

[From E! News]

I feel like people are going to nit-pick me about this, but just go back and re-read the Angelina quote. “It’s too much attention when two powerful people are together.” She is saying that she’s like Angelina, right? That she’s a powerful woman, just like Angelina, but Ashley “WHO?” Benson could never date a high-profile man, because Ashley Benson is just too famous and powerful already and it would just be too much power and celebrity in one relationship if she ever dated someone famous. Except I’m pretty sure she tried to “date” James Franco a while back, and no one even cared. My general takeaway: Ashley Benson would love it if you knew her name because of a connection to a famous person. She would love it if she was in Page Six as “Jake Gyllenhaal’s canoodling partner” or whatever.

So, congrats, Ashley Benson. I know your name now because you basically told the world that you wouldn’t date Brad Pitt because your combined star-power would be too much for the world to take.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fashion Magazine.