Lucy Hale isn’t in a rush to find “the one.”

Over a Zoom call from her home in Los Angeles, the actress, 32, tells PEOPLE that while she’s open to love, she’s “not settling for less than what I think I deserve.”

“I mean, dating is hard in general, but L.A. is a strange place to date,” Hale says. “It’s tricky with my job taking me everywhere, and I know what I’m looking for. I think it’s good to be picky. Society makes you feel like you have to be married or have kids by a certain age, but that’s outdated and doesn’t work for my life.”

Though she’s single, Hale (who was last linked to Skeet Ulrich) still has a full life at home with her two dogs, Ethel (named after the I Love Lucy character) and Elvis.

“I love waking up with my dogs and drinking my coffee and watching the sunrise from my home,” she says. “I used to think one day I’d have these big hobbies, but it’s more just quiet moments with myself. I don’t know if it’s because work constantly pulls me in a million different directions, but I love solitude. It’s not unusual for me to not do anything social for months at a time.”
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