Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.
An agent saw one of the plays I did at ACT, but my mom was like, No, she's too young. I became so annoying that a year and a half later she just couldn't stand hearing me any more!
At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there is more of an opportunity.
Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ass in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer.
Getting people to hear it... if I was on a major label, it would be way different than the small distribution I have right now.
I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts.
I play in LA all the time. As far as getting on the road, I have no plans right now.
I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me.
I'm pretty sure this is it for the teen movie thing. It's so frustrating to read when you get to page 20 and you're like, Oy! It's the same thing again!
On my show, I'm definitely the youngest one. So going from a show where everyone is over 30, to the movie, where everyone was like 20, 25, it was like summer camp.
The most frustrating thing for me as a singer is that people have pinpointed me as an actress who suddenly woke up one day and decided that I wanted to sing.
There's a tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating side to the record that I have in my normal life. I didn't realize it was coming through.
We went down for pilot season, I got Full House, and we wound up never leaving.
When I was writing the record, I went through a terrible breakup with a guy of five years, so a lot of the songs are based on that.
Marla was nominated in the category of Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series at the Screen Actors Guild Awards three years in a row (1999, 2000 and 2001) for The Practice.
Marla has a cat named Cleo and a dog named Coco.
Off the screen, Marla describes herself as boring. She spends little time in the kitchen (she can't cook) and lots of time in the bathroom (she takes many baths).
Marla was born on the same day as actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
Marla appeared in the Goo Goo Dolls music video for the song "Name" in 1995.
When Marla was eleven years old, she performed the national anthem at an Oakland A's baseball game and for the USO.
Marla's father is a doctor. Her mother was a caterer and now manages Marla's career. Her brother is a chef.
On February 21, 2006, Marla released "Grateful," her debut album.
Marla sites Stevie Nicks and Carole King as influences on her songwriting.
Dated actor James Franco (1999-2004).
Marla has a Vista Venus guitar, designed and autographed by Courtney Love. The Squier Vista Venus model is no longer in production.
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