Quotes from Tia Carrere

As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same.

I can't stand when people say, 'Don't hate me because I'm beautiful'. OK, how about I hate you because you said that.

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.

I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.

The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies.

I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass.

I wanted to be a part of the Disney history.

This is a Disney animated feature; it's eternal, it's history. What's there to think about'

I slipped at a bus stop; I went one way and my hair went the other. That was the end of my wig.

I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I've ever been on is at a casino in Nevada.

I can't sit on grass without a blanket.

Did you know hemp is a natural fiber'

When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded.

The reporter claimed he was going to write the article from my point of view. Instead, he made me sound like a little idiot. It made me never want to do another interview again.

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.

I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade.

I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something.

I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people.

I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii.

I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.

Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.

Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.

Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon.