It's amazing to me that young people will still pick up a cigarette.

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

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.

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.

The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.

My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.