Teri Polo

"I was told in dance I was too individualistic and interpretive and the truth is dance can be 10 times harsher than acting. In dance, your career can be over pretty fast -- mid-thirties if you're a star and sooner if you aren't." --Teri Polo to Toronto Sun, May 19, 1996.

Teri Polo on fan recognition, quoted in Variety (March 10, 2000): "It's the reason we do what we do. I always make sure I stop and have a conversation. At this point, it makes me feel good about my work."

"Meet the Parents" director Jay Roach on Polo: "Teri is full of spark, charisma and intelligence. She's a big movie star, only nobocy knows that yet." --to People, October 20, 2000.

"There are people who fly to the height of stardom in a single day, and then there are people like me. I used to have this ridiculous idea that I absolutely had to be a big, big movie star. Now all I'm after is happiness." --Teri Polo quoted in Movieline, November 2000.