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I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Acting Directing Done Little Love More I Love

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I took a break from acting for four years to get a degree in mathematics at UCLA, and during that time I had the rare opportunity to actually do research as an undergraduate. And myself and two other people co-authored a new theorem: Percolation and Gibbs States Multiplicity for Ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller Models on Two Dimensions, or Z2.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Acting Actually Break Degree Dimensions Four Get Had Mathematics Models Multiplicity Myself New Opportunity Other People Rare Research States Theorem Time Took Two Undergraduate Years Ucla

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Acting is my first love, and that's my main career, it really is.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Acting Career First First Love Love Main Really

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I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Fluent French Learned Lucky School Set Spoke Through Tutor Wonder Years

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My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Concepts Concern Condition Convey Fear Fun Generally High High School Involved Like Lot Main Math Mathematics Myself Presented School See Speaking Them Way I See

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When I originally entered UCLA, I had planned to go for a film major, but I kept finding myself taking math classes for fun, 'cause I missed them from high school!

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Cause Classes Entered Film Finding Fun Go Had High High School Kept Major Math Missed Myself Originally Planned School Taking Them Ucla

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If I'm teaching girls that do love to make cookies and do love fashion - that they can use math as a part of that - you think that's me saying, come on girls you belong in the kitchen, you belong shopping? Or, do you think it's me showing them how math is part of all their life, even the part they thought it had nothing to do with?

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Belong Come Cookies Even Fashion Girl Had How Kitchen Life Love Make Math Me Nothing Part Saying Shopping Showing Teaching Them Think Thought Use You

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The fun little proofs that you can do with algebra - they are sort of like crowd pleasers in a way. Like, the .9 repeating equaling one. It doesn't take a lot of algebra to prove that, and it's really fun. It kind of wows people. It's like they're watching magic happen right before their eyes.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Algebra Before Crowd Eyes Fun Happen Kind Like Little Lot Magic People Prove Really Repeating Right Sort Take Watching Way You

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I'm the kind of person that responds strongly to a challenge.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Challenge Kind Person Responds Strongly

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You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions and work on your smarts, develop your smarts by studying something like math. Then you'll make much better decisions on the brands of clothing that you buy or whatever it is that you want.

~Danica Mckellar

Topics: Absolutely Appearance Better Brands Buy Clothing Decisions Develop Hair Know Life Like Make Makeup Making Math Much Obsessed Products Smart Smarts Something Still Studying Then Want Whatever Work You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: January 3rd, 1975

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