However, Perrette was bitten by the acting bug instead.
Read on to discover the untold truth of Pauley Perrette.
In the years since, Perrette continued to be a Q score champion.
“I was in Madonna, George Michael,Salt-N-Pepa it goes on and on.”
As Perrette recalled, a 12-hour shoot for a music video would earn her an extra $50.
“I was shooting those all the time with my mohawk,” she continued.
“I was in Madonna’s video for ‘Secret’ and we shot that up in Harlem.
It was beautiful, it was fun.
But that was just one of many.”
“And yes that’s me in the @Metallica ‘The Unnamed Feeling’ video,” she wrote.
“As the panic attack girl, pretty fitting.”
“I was into music before I was an actor,” she toldParadein 2012.
“I was in an all-girl punk rock band that was amazing.”
Throughout her acting career, Perrette has continued to showcase her talents as a singer and songwriter.
At the time, she toldParadeabout her current musical project,Stop Making Friends.
“I collaborate with a lot of people.
I have a new single out with D.M.C.
from Run-D.M.C.,” she continued, discussing her song"Attention yo."
“He’s a very talented musician,“she saidof Weatherly.
“He actually plays piano on every song that I’ve ever written.”
“I’m so obsessed with animals,” Perrette revealed in an interview with theWall Street Journalin 2013.
“I really think it’s talking to them all the time and giving them that kind of love.
They want to stay.”
Perrette also explained how her dogs keep her physically active.
“They will keep you moving and keep you walking,” she added.
“That’s my green way of staying fit: having animals.”
“That was her name Donna Bell.”
In a 2013 interview withExtra, Pauley Perrette showed off her tattoo-free neck.
“I absolutely do not have a spiderweb tattoo on my neck,” she revealed.
According to Perrette, producers ofNCIS"wantedtattoosthat were visible no matter what I was wearing.”
“I have to prepare myself for the dreaded putting on of the neck tattoo,” she quipped.
According to Shivers, however, it was Perrette who’d been stalkinghim.
That latter, she admitted, was “a big one.”
“I hate balloon animals,” he revealed.
However, Perrette didn’t feel an obligation to defend her phobia.
“So therefore we don’t have to rationalize them for you.”
The plot thickened in 2019 when shetweeted, “NO I AM NOT COMING BACK!
(c’mon stop asking?)
I am terrified of Harmon and him attacking me.
I have nightmares about it.”
I was alone, terrified and trapped,” she confessed.
“I almost died tonight,” she concluded.
“Of course I forgive him.
I have no anger, only sadness,” she shared.
“He is very confused, he’s homeless and he needs help.”
As Perrette explained toTV Insider, when she leftNCISshe wasn’t planning on jumping back into another series.
“Brokewas ultimatelycancelledafter its first season.
In October 2020, Perrette made a big announcement viaTwitter.
I’m finally (after over four decades!!!)
I WANT new tattoos & piercings!”
In a secondtweet, Perrette dropped the bombshell.
“I [am] finally and happily retired!
And this is what I was looking forward to!!!
My rules in life now are ‘if my #rescuedogs don’t care, it’s cool!’
I only answer to God and animals and plants now.
WOOT!!!”
“Everything else sucks but my hair’s pretty awesome.”
Perrette hasn’t been keeping all that money to herself, either.
“Philanthropy and giving is more contagious than a virus,” Perrette said.
