There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life.
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.
My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?
Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.
In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.
If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.
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.
I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.
I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them since Tori was a little girl.
I am the odd man out in the family.
I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.
