Quotes from Tia Carrere


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


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 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.


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.


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.


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


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


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


That's always at the heart and soul of Disney's features, the feeling of a family values.


People want me to do the strangest things. They want me to sign their arms or chests.


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


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


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


I wanted to be a part of the Disney history.


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


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 can't sit on grass without a blanket.


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


Did you know hemp is a natural fiber'