Tia Carrere Quotes
"People want me to do the strangest things. They want me to sign their arms or chests."
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(Related: People, Want)
"That's always at the heart and soul of Disney's features, the feeling of a family values."
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(Related: Family, Soul, Heart, Values, Disney, Feeling)
"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."
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(Related: Disney, Question)
"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."
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(Related: Sound, Want)
"I wanted to be a part of the Disney history."
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(Related: History, Disney)
"This is a Disney animated feature; it's eternal, it's history. What's there to think about'"
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(Related: History, Disney)
"When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded."
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(Related: First, Hollywood)
"The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies."
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(Related: Kids, Lies, World)
"I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii."
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"I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick."
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"I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people."
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(Related: Thought, People, Wrong)
"I slipped at a bus stop; I went one way and my hair went the other. That was the end of my wig."
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(Related: 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."
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(Related: Funny, Play)
"I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something."
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(Related: Love)
"Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains."
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(Related: Beauty, Open)
"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."
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(Related: Age, First, Personality)
"I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now."
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(Related: Positive, Now)
"I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin."
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(Related: Skin)
"I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I've ever been on is at a casino in Nevada."
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"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."
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(Related: People)
"Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon."
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(Related: Beauty)
"Did you know hemp is a natural fiber'"
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"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."
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(Related: Time, Character, Space)
"I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration."
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(Related: Act, Admiration, Attention)
"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'"
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(Related: People, Hate)
"I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade."
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(Related: Acting)
"I can't sit on grass without a blanket."
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