I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!

McKellar explained that Danica McKellar agreed to the shoot in part to obtain "grittier roles". In June 2006 Lifetime Television announced that McKellar would star in a Lifetime movie and web-based series titled Inspector Mom about a mother who solves mysteries. She also made an appearance on the show The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Psychic Vortex".

Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3 1975) is an American actress academic and education advocate.