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 think you should not limit yourself to dating somebody older or younger.

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

Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.

My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?

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.

Smoking is related to practically every terrible thing that can happen to you.