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.

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

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

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."

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

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.

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

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

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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 can't sit on grass without a blanket.

All too often, our elegant political theories amount to nothing more than ideology triumphing over common sense.

Never mind your intentions. Communication is about what others hear with your words.

To be better equipped for the tests that the year will bring — read a textbook. To prepare for the tests that life will bring — read a book.

In the 90's action pictures were all the rage. As a woman, I was fed up with them and I initially thought that the script was just another action film dressed up as a period piece.

My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh.

My spirit life is also the medium in which I live. It's not something that comes and goes. Without one the other wouldn't exist.

My stylist coached me on how to stand for photos. Always put one leg forward and a hand on your hip.

I don’t know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable. Never mind. If I get home, I’ll be so stinking rich, I’ll be able to pay someone to do my hearing.

Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.

I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them.