... I learned the hard way that just as I no longer have to save anyone, neither do I have to be saved.

Look at any black-and-white movie; everybody is smoking.

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always cast in all the exotic parts.

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.

If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.