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

I wanted to be a part of the Disney history.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I can't sit on grass without a blanket.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Did you know hemp is a natural fiber'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Doors open because youre beautiful but I wouldnt cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.

It was always part of the plan to move into acting.

Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference.

My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college.

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.

I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower.

In LA, too many people want to go the quickest route from A to B. Method acting offers them that.

I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination.

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

I'm not acting, but I am acting.

I've done a lot of acting. I'm not saying I'm the greatest, but I'd love to act, I'd love to sing.

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

Acting for me is not that quid pro quo.

If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.

When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.

And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.

I read. It's also nice for me to get involved in schoolwork, which is a totally different world than acting. It makes me feel like I am doing things that normal people are doing at my age.

It's a living, breathing thing, acting.