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Tia Carrere
American
Actress
About the author
Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Actor
#Famous
People want me to do the strangest things. They want me to sign their arms or chests.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Want
#People
That's always at the heart and soul of Disney's features, the feeling of a family values.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Heart
#Family
#Feeling
#Disney
#Soul
#Values
If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Question
#Disney
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.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Want
#Sound
I wanted to be a part of the Disney history.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#History
#Disney
This is a Disney animated feature; it's eternal, it's history. What's there to think about'
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#History
#Disney
When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Hollywood
#First
The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Kids
#World
#Lies
I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#People
#Thought
#Wrong
I slipped at a bus stop; I went one way and my hair went the other. That was the end of my wig.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#End
#Hair
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.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Play
#Funny
I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Love
Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Open
#Beauty
When I first met my agent, I said, If something comes up and it fits my age range and personality, I would like you to send me up for it, even if it specifies blonde or brunette.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#First
#Age
#Personality
I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Now
#Positive
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Skin
I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I've ever been on is at a casino in Nevada.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
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.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#People
Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Beauty
Did you know hemp is a natural fiber'
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
Having the Stitch character, the villain that becomes a hero, coming from outer space, it took a very difficult and complex story and put it into a simpler, kinder time.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Character
#Time
#Space
I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Act
#Attention
#Admiration
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'
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#People
#Hate
I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress
#Acting
I can't sit on grass without a blanket.
Tia Carrere,
American
Actress