Tia Carrere Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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“I can't sit on grass without a blanket.”

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

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

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

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“Did you know hemp is a natural fiber'”

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

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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.

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I wanted to be a part of the Disney history.

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

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

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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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“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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“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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“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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“Wayne's World was a turning point-after Wayne's World, it was like, Who is this girl? Where did she come from? Let's give her another job. Have her come in and meet instead of read”

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“No, I always wanted to be a singer. It was kind of funny that I took this road, started acting, then-almost ten years later-in Wayne's World people finally got to see me sing. And everyone thought it was dubbed in.”

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“I'm waxed clean - hairless as the day as I was born. But don't say 'Tia has no pubic hair.' That's so clinical. Use a nice euphemism. Say 'She's mowed her secret garden' or 'She's cleared the way to the Promised Land.' Because that's what it is, right?”

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