In a 1994 interview with the Los Angeles Times, undertaken while filming Waterworld, Majorino admitted to wanting to act since she "was 2 or 3" years old. Majorino landed her first TV commercial before she was 4 years old, but had to beg her mother to allow her pursue the dream full time. "I just think it's fun. Being able to do what you don't get to do at your own house, being somebody else," she explained of her attraction to the entertainment industry.
After appearing in ABC's Camp Wilder, Majorino's career took off with high-profile roles opposite Costner, of course, in Waterworld and Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman, among others. Her co-star in family film Andre, the legendary Keith Carradine, gushed, "Tina's a major talent, no doubt about it. There's a certain focus she has that belies her age. She's a very centered, very focused little girl."
