Dina Meyer: When you're making the movie, you really have no idea what the end result is going to be. On my first day on the set, I saw all this carnage, all these amputated bodies lying around the set, and you just walk on by and get your scene done. But when I saw the actual movie on the big screen, I was overwhelmed - it just blew me away. But my feeling about Starship Troopers is that it's a deliberately cartoonish movie. It's a video game with a very big budget, and I don't think it really would have much of an effect on your average teenager.
Dina expresses her feelings on having to go nude for a shower scene in Starship Troopers. "I don't know... it's kinda difficult to disrobe in front of mixed company."
"She's in a wheelchair, and she's smart. She's a genius. She's the glue. She's the backbone of the Birds of Prey. She runs everything. She keeps everybody on track. She was Batgirl, a wonderful superhero, and ... she has this horrible disability. But she grew from it. She got strong from it. She found her calling from it. Initially ... she was running in Batman's shoes. And it took her getting shot and paralyzed and being confined to a wheelchair to find out who she really was and in a sense becoming a better person than she ever could have been had she not fought these villains. So I think that's really, really wonderful. She could have thrown in the towel. She could have said, "You know what? The hell with it all. I don't have legs. I can't kick ass. I'm done." And she didn't. She said, "You know what? I'm going to find out who I really am and do what I got to do and be even bigger and better than I was." It's the new and improved Barbara Gordon. And I salute her. I think she's fabulous. And I feel honored to be playing her." Dina's feelings on playing Barbara Gordon on the short lived sci-fi show ''Birds Of Prey''
Dina always wanted to become an actress but her parents didn't think that was a wise career move; they wanted her to get a good education, so she went to college and graduated in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing (and a minor in French).
Her favorite food is bacon.
Meyer studied dance throughout her childhood and loved performing on the stage in dance recitals.
In college she majored in business administration.
Her favourite actors are Glenn Close, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeifer, Jessica Lange, and Meryl Streep.
She is 5'7" and has green eyes.
As a child her close friend often called her "Melon Seed."
Dina Meyer studied her acting techniques under Ron Stetson for three years. Other actors to enlist under his training include Sandra Bullock, Michael Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Nielson, and Diane Keaton just to name a few.
Her other movie credits include ''Dragonheart," "Starship Troopers," and "Bats."
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