Meagan Tandy Quotes

United States, Actress
May 3, 1985

Meagan Yvonne Tandy (born May 3, 1985) is an American actress and model. She is a former Miss California USA who placed as third runner-up at Miss USA 2007. As an actress, she is best known for playing Denzel Washington's daughter Maya in the Tony Scott directed film Unstoppable. She was a series regular on the ABC Family series Jane By Design and recurred on MTV's Teen Wolf, playing the role of Braeden.

Also known as Model

When I was a kid, I'd create my own movies at home. I'd record myself doing a scene, then stop the camera, change my clothes, and do a scene as another character. It sounds silly, but I just loved to tell stories.

Meagan Tandy
- Home
- Character
- Stop
Yes, my pageant career was incredibly short. I started at 19 and was done at 21. I started by competing for Miss California Teen, which I wound up winning, and I literally just entered the contest on a whim!

Meagan Tandy
- Up
- Done
- Career

Try your hardest to be confident in who you are. You are enough - you are beautiful.

Meagan Tandy
- Beautiful
Modeling is fun, but unless it's runway, it's just not my thing.

Meagan Tandy
- Fun
I was writing, directing, and editing my own films as a young kid with my parents' video camera.

Meagan Tandy
- Writing
- Parents
I can watch 'Mission: Impossible' all day every day. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt is so hot.

Meagan Tandy
I would absolutely love to do something with Viola Davis or Meryl Streep. I just think both of those women fall so deep into their characters that you are no longer looking at the actresses, you are looking at the characters they embraced.

Meagan Tandy
- Women
- Fall
- Deep
As silly as it sounds, I want to do some sort of superhero type of role. That's always been something I'm interested in.

Meagan Tandy
- Silly
- Superhero

If a guy is tall, that's a plus, and he has to have a great personality. He needs to keep up with me because I can be an off-the-wall, aloof chatterbox sometimes! But if he's got some height on him... God bless.

Meagan Tandy
- Up
- Great
- God
I caught the mentorship bug when I was Miss California U.S.A. and volunteered to mentor for a brand new program called 'Who's Your Hero.' I literally fell in love with the impact it all has, not only on the girls but on myself - giving back is such a powerful thing.

Meagan Tandy
- Giving
- Powerful
- Hero
I feel like I'd be a really good teacher. I would go for middle school... those high schoolers would be difficult to deal with.

Meagan Tandy
- Good
- School
- High