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Tia Carrere

"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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"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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"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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"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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"Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains."
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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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"People want me to do the strangest things. They want me to sign their arms or chests."
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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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