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

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 act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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