Died Quotations | Page 5

I am self-taught; I studied for a few years and then I gave up, ... Then, seven or eight years passed, and I got transferred here to the Valley (from El Paso) and we had Brazilians.

My grandfather, Harry, died when my dad was in his early 20s, so I never met him. Amazingly, he was 6ft tall. That gene definitely never filtered down to me!

My grandfather died in 1952. I never did meet him, but I did meet my grandmother and my aunts, who lived to a ripe old age.

My grades weren't what they should have been, so they sent me back to the ninth grade. I was glad, because I wanted to study music, and Cass Tech was second only to Juilliard. We studied all kinds of music, harmony and orchestration.

My grandmother died when my mother was just 11 years old, and consequently, my mother never learned how to cook particularly well.

My grandma was really sick when I was working on 'Sin Nombre' and eventually died that summer when we were finishing the film. But I was able to bring an unfinished version of the film for her to watch.

My family has been affected by drugs, and my son died because of drugs, so I am very aware of the scourge of drugs. But I firmly believe Van should not have had his life taken from him.

My family didn't have time for me, so I decided to join the Suvorov military academy, which is in St. Petersburg. I spent two years there and studied general military science. At that point, once I graduated, I joined the Chernigov higher education pilot academy.

In my last scene in 'Breaking Dawn,' Bella has just died and I run outside and crumple to the ground and just lose it. I'm bawling. That was my last scene of 'Twilight' ever and I definitely had some extra motivation.

I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a couple of short courses, and I've studied at school.