excerpt from Vancouver (BC) Sun, Jan 28 '97


AUTHOR:  So, what do you like to do in your spare time?  I mean, what do
18-year-olds do these days anyways?
TATYANA: [laughing] Well, I'm not exactly your average 18-year-old
girl... but I like to go shopping, swim, hang with friends, go to
parties, you know, that kind of stuff.
AUTHOR:  You party a lot?
TATYANA:  Oh yeah!  [laughs] No, I wish I had the time...  Usually I'm
just hang'n with my friends, especially Maia (Campbell).  
AUTHOR:  Didn't you and Maia just do a TV episode together?
TATYANA:  Yeah, we did an episode of "In the House" not long ago.  It was
fun, but a little stressful.
AUTHOR:  Stressful?
TATYANA:  Yeah, we had to do stuff over and over again, you know...  but
me and Maia found ways to pass the time between shoots.  
AUTHOR:  What did you do?
TATYANA:  Well, we'd just go back stage, talk, and smoke a few
cigarettes.
AUTHOR:  You smoke?  Aren't you a little young to be smoking?
TATYANA:  I'm eighteen.  That IS the legal age isn't it?
AUTHOR:  Well, I guess it is.
TATYANA:  Actually Maia's only seventeen...
AUTHOR:  When did you start smoking?
TATYANA:  I think it was about a year ago, on the set of "Fresh Prince". 
I found a pack of Marlboros on a table.  I was curious, so I tried one.  
AUTHOR:  And you've been smoking ever since?
TATYANA:  Yeah, its a good stress reliever, and I like the taste.  I
should probably try to quit, though... I mean I'm up to a pack-a-day.