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. – Loni Anderson
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. – Loni Anderson
There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life. – Loni Anderson
Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting. – Loni Anderson
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. – Loni Anderson
My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn’t deter her. – Loni Anderson
My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair? – Loni Anderson
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. – Loni Anderson
My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman. – Loni Anderson
My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers – all smoking related. – Loni Anderson
In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic. – Loni Anderson
We have so much lung capacity that we don’t even notice a problem until we are in our 40s. – Loni Anderson
They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo. – Loni Anderson
My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded. – Loni Anderson
